House of Commons

Event Information

Venue(s):
House of Commons

Proprietor / Lessee:
Robert Smith [House of Commons]

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
11 May 2013

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

24 Sep 1862, Evening

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Charley [Free and Easy] Church;  Billy [Free and Easy] Sargeant (role: vocalist);  James Riley [comic vocalist] (role: comic vocalist);  [Free and Easy] Conley;  Mr. [Free & Easy] Thalberg;  Mr. [Free & Easy] Watts

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 24 September 1862, 7.
“A grand trial of musical supremacy will come off between those great amateurs, James Riley, the comic vocalist, and Wm. Sargeant, the musical Bonyface. The excitement over the event is hourly increasing. Umpires and referee to be appointed during the evening.”