Event Information

Venue(s):
Fox's Old Bowery Theatre (until 1/67)

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
7 June 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

07 Aug 1865, Evening
08 Aug 1865, Evening
09 Aug 1865, Evening
10 Aug 1865, Evening
11 Aug 1865, Evening

Program Details

George Christy left the troupe on August 5, 1865.

Performers and/or Works Performed

3)
aka Bounty jumpers
Composer(s): Arlington
Text Author: Murphy
4)
aka Scenes at Phalons

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 09 August 1865, 7.

“The entire company will appear each evening in a motley mélange of negro characteristics.  This excellent company of Ethiopian artists will visit the principal cities of this country before their reappearance in New York.”

2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 10 August 1865, 7.

A “splendid variety of Operatic Burlesques and Negro Farces.”

3)
Announcement: New York Herald, 10 August 1865, 4.

“Amusements This Evening.”  “That Rascal Jake”

4)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 12 August 1865, 142.

“Christy’s Minstrels will terminate their entertainments at the Old Bowery on the 11th inst.  They have done well despite the heat at this time of year, and have no doubt placed a clever balance on the right side of their account.”

5)
Review: New York Clipper, 19 August 1865, 150.

George Christy left the troupe on August 5, 1865, and Master Bobby filled in on his end.  They are now preparing for their fall tour.