Heller’s Salle Diabolique

Event Information

Venue(s):
Salle Diabolique

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
1 May 2012

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

01 May 1865, 8:00 PM
02 May 1865, 8:00 PM
03 May 1865, 2:00 PM
03 May 1865, 8:00 PM
04 May 1865, 8:00 PM
05 May 1865, 8:00 PM
06 May 1865, 2:00 PM
06 May 1865, 8:00 PM

Program Details

“The Gyges” scheduled for Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. The Davenport Cabinet scheduled for Wednesday and Saturday.

Saturday listed as final evening and matinee performances prior to Heller’s tour of Newark and Brooklyn.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Robert Heller
2)
"Gyges, The," [optical illusion]
3)
"Davenport cabinet"
4)
Works, piano, unidentified
Composer(s): Unknown composer

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 01 May 1865, 7.

      “New Pianoforte Solos.”

2)
Announcement: New-York Times, 01 May 1865, 5.
3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 01 May 1865, 7.
4)
Announcement: New-York Times, 03 May 1865, 4.
5)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 06 May 1865, 31.
6)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 06 May 1865, 30.

      “Heller brings his season to a close on the 6th.”

7)
Review: New York Clipper, 13 May 1865, 38.

      “Heller, the clever magician and musician, brought his season to a close on the 6th inst., having given us a long series of very interesting entertainments.  He will come again, anon, to amuse us with his music, and trick us with his tricks.”