Varieties Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
Varieties Theatre

Proprietor / Lessee:
George [Varieties] Lea

Price: $.30; .20; .15

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
19 January 2012

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

26 Dec 1864, Evening
26 Dec 1864, 3:00 PM
27 Dec 1864, Evening
28 Dec 1864, Evening
29 Dec 1864, Evening

Program Details

Grand Holiday Performance [Mon.].

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Varieties, corps de ballet;  Jennie Engel;  Johnny Thompson;  Frank Kerns
2)
"Cudjo’s cave," [plantation scene]
3)
Black man with the black bag, The
Text Author: Cavanaugh
4)
"Fairy Good Luck and Grandmother Grampus"

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 25 December 1864, 7.
2)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 31 December 1864, 302.

Announces Fairy good luck and Grandmother Grampus. “For a variety entertainment, nothing better can be found than that now given at the Varieties.”