Varieties Theatre
Event Information
Venue(s):
Varieties Theatre
Proprietor / Lessee:
Thomas L. Donnelly
John F. [1833-93] Poole
Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
30 July 2012
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
13 Mar 1865, Evening14 Mar 1865, Evening
15 Mar 1865, Evening
16 Mar 1865, Evening
17 Mar 1865, Evening
18 Mar 1865, 3:00 PM
18 Mar 1865, Evening
Program Details
The French Spy was performed on horseback. Overture commence at 8 p.m.
Performers and/or Works Performed
1)
5)
aka The French spy; Or, The storming of Algiers;
The French spy; Or, The siege of Algiers;
The French spy; Or, The fall of Algiers
Participants: Black Bess; Oceana Italia [equestrian-dancer] Judah
Citations
2)
“Engagement for a short time of the exquisite premiere danseuse, late of Niblo’s Garden and Olympic Theatre, Mlle. A. Kruger.”
3)
“Monster combination company, . . . Embracing all of the most attractive features and choicest morceaux of opera, ballet, burlesque, Ethiopian minstrelsy, local extravaganza, acrobatics, vaudeville, apropros sketches, song and dance, comic vocalisms, etc., etc. . . . First Class Artists can always find engagements here. STARS liberally treated with.”