Grand Annual Exhibition of the Laughing Gas

Event Information

Venue(s):
Cooper Institute

Price: $.25; .15 children

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Performance Forces:
Vocal

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
18 September 2011

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

24 Nov 1864, 7:30 PM

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Sun, 21 November 1864.

2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 23 November 1864.

3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 23 November 1864, 7.
“Song, Dancing, Declamation &c.  Dr. C. has the pleasure to announce that he has engaged Mr. W. B. Harrison, the celebrated extemporaneous Poet, Comic Vocalist and Humorous Delineator, from Barnum’s Museum, who for half an hour will delight the audience with his characteristic comicalities, songs, and dialogues.”
4)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 24 November 1864, 5.