Barnum’s New American Museum

Event Information

Venue(s):
Barnum's New American Museum [SEP 65-MAR 68]

Price: $.30; .15 children under 10

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
30 August 2012

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

23 Oct 1865, All Day
24 Oct 1865, All Day
25 Oct 1865, All Day
26 Oct 1865, All Day
27 Oct 1865, All Day
28 Oct 1865, All Day

Program Details

Ethnic: Irish

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: Kathleen O'Neil; William B. [comic singer] Harrison; Ned the Learned Musical Seal; Oceana Italia [equestrian-dancer] Judah

2)

Mazeppa; or, The wild horse of Tartary, [drama, 3 acts]

Text Author: Milner

Participants: Oceana Italia [equestrian-dancer] Judah (role: Mazeppa)

3)

Victorine; or, I’ll sleep on it

Text Author: Buckstone

4)

Songs, unidentified

aka New songs; Foreign airs by native artists

Composer(s): Unknown composer

Participants: Kathleen O'Neil

5)

Stories, unidentified

Participants: Kathleen O'Neil

Citations

1)

Advertisement: New York Post, 23 October 1865.

2)

Announcement: New-York Times, 23 October 1865, 4.

3)

Advertisement: New-York Times, 23 October 1865, 7.

“[T]he charming Irish Comedienne and Vocalist, Miss Kathleen O’Neil, whose inimitable and irresistible Irish Humor and great vocal ability, proclaim her ‘The Gem of Erin,’ will appear in Songs, Stories, &c.”