Wallack’s Theatre
Event Information
Venue(s):
Wallack's Theatre
Event Type:
Play With Music
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
2 January 2013
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
10 Jul 1865, EveningProgram Details
“The Wallack-Davenport Combination.”
Black eyed Susan included “Columbia, gem of the ocean,” “A Yankee ship and a Yankee crew,”and “Sailor’s hornpipe.”
Black eyed Susan included “Columbia, gem of the ocean,” “A Yankee ship and a Yankee crew,”and “Sailor’s hornpipe.”
Performers and/or Works Performed
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aka Oh, Columbia, the gem of the ocean;
Columbia, the land of the brave
Composer(s): Shaw
Participants: Edwin L. [actor] Davenport
Citations
1)
“Mr. Davenport will sing two songs and dance a sailor’s hornpipe.”
2)
“Mr. Davenport’s beautifully artistic performance of William has secured for him undying fame, and justly stamped him as one of the Greatest Histrionic Artists the world has ever known. In the course of the drama he will sing the celebrated songs of ‘Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean’, ‘A Yankee Ship and a Yankee Crew,’ and dance a sailor’s hornpipe with Miss E. Everett.”