Chaste and Beautiful Entertainment

Event Information

Venue(s):
Cooper Institute

Price: $.25; .50 reserved; .15 children at matinee

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
25 November 2012

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

31 Mar 1862, Evening
01 Apr 1865, Matinee
01 Apr 1865, Evening

Program Details

First appearance in America of Rosa Madeline, the “Goddess of Magic.”

Performers included an orator named Young America, who was not the trapeze artist with the Ravels.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Rosa [magician] Madeline;  Gus [variety] Livingston;  Emir of [magician] Agi;  Joseph [musician] Cozens;  Franz [cond./pf/voc.] Stoepel;  Amelia [vocalist] Sherwood;  William [banjo] Sparks;  Emily [vocalist] Perrine
2)
Happy old man, The
Participants:  Gus [variety] Livingston
3)
Olio
Participants:  William [banjo] Sparks;  Joseph [musician] Cozens
4)
Ballads
aka Favorite ballads ; Ballads and warblings; Beautiful ballads
Participants:  Amelia [vocalist] Sherwood

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 29 March 1865.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 31 March 1865.

    “A chaste and Beautiful Entertainment.  First appearance in America of the beautiful Mlle. Rosa Madeline, the Goddess of Magic.”

3)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 01 April 1865, 406.