New Bowery Theatre: Benefit of J. L. Clute, Treasurer

Event Information

Venue(s):
New Bowery Theatre

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
8 July 2012

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

30 Jun 1865, Evening

Program Details

Performers included “W. J. Thompson and his celebrated dogs.”

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: Dobson Brothers; James W. [minstrel] Glenn; Mr. [vocal] Schmydale; John J. [actor] Sheppey; J. Harry Clifford; W. J. Thompson [actor]; Mickey [variety/minstrel dancer] Warren; Harry Seymour; Black Bess; Hank [minstrel] Mudge; Frank Brower; W. D. [minstrel] Corrister; Cool White [minstrel]; Lizzie [actress/equestrian] Wood; Nelse Seymour; Professor [variety] Whitney; Charles Henry [minstrel tenor]; Millage [variety] Cornell

2)

Putnam, [burlesque]

Participants: Black Bess; Lizzie [actress/equestrian] Wood

3)

Richard III, [burlesque]

aka Richard No. 3 ; Teutonic tyrant of squantum; Richard Ye No. 3; Richard Third; Richard de three times; Dutch Richard III

Participants: Harry Seymour

4)

Damon and Pythias, [burlesque]

Participants: Frank Brower; Cool White [minstrel]

5)

Vocal quartet, unidentified

Participants: Charles Henry [minstrel tenor]; James W. [minstrel] Glenn; W. D. [minstrel] Corrister; Mr. [vocal] Schmydale

6)

Cattle stealers

Participants: W. J. Thompson [actor]

7)

Crib scene of Tom and Jerry

Participants: Professor [variety] Whitney; Millage [variety] Cornell

8)

Participants: Nelse Seymour; Mickey [variety/minstrel dancer] Warren

9)

"Banjo imperial jig"

Participants: J. Harry Clifford; Mickey [variety/minstrel dancer] Warren

10)

Participants: Dobson Brothers

11)

"Bombastes Furioso"

Participants: John J. [actor] Sheppey

Citations

1)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 30 June 1865, 7.

“Mickey Warren, champion jig, accompanied by Nelse Seymour, in the Banjo Imperial Jig, by Mr. J. H. Clifford.”