Christy’s Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Fifth Avenue Opera House

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
14 August 2014

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

18 Dec 1865, 8:00 PM
19 Dec 1865, 8:00 PM
20 Dec 1865, 8:00 PM
21 Dec 1865, 8:00 PM
22 Dec 1865, 8:00 PM
23 Dec 1865, 8:00 PM

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Christy's Minstrels;  Charles [Christy's] Duval;  Charles [Christy's Minstrels] Melville;  George N. Christy;  Infant [Christy's] Ravel;  William S. Budworth;  George L. [Christy's Minstrels] Hall;  Theo. [minstrel] Donaldson;  George [Christy's Minstrels] Brent
2)
"Beautiful isle of the sea," [song]
Composer(s): Thomas
Text Author: Cooper [comp-lyricist]
Participants:  Charles [Christy's Minstrels] Melville
3)
Desdemona’s trouble
aka Desdemona's troubles
Participants:  George N. Christy;  George L. [Christy's Minstrels] Hall
4)
Clam Eeler’s husband

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Herald, 18 December 1865, 5.

     “Charles Melville will sing the ballad, ‘Beautiful Isle of the Sea’ this evening. . . . Eccentric delineations, a parlor entertainment, with the extraordinary comical burlesque Clam Eeler’s Husband, are to follow.”

2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 18 December 1865, 7.

     New songs.

3)
Review: New York Clipper, 30 December 1865, 302.

     “George Christy does not give the Fifth Ave noodles a very recherché entertainment; he has added some people to his troupe, but they are of a third-rate character only, and not what a manager aspiring to keep a first-class place of amusement should bring to the notice of a first-class audience.  Stale acts and stale performances will soon give the new place a stale character.”