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, Evening

Program 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.”

Performers and/or Works Performed

2)
aka Still waters run deep
Text Author: Taylor [dramatist]
3)
aka Black eyed Susan
Text Author: Jerrold
4)
aka Oh, Columbia, the gem of the ocean; Columbia, the land of the brave
Composer(s): Shaw
Text Author: Shaw
5)
Composer(s): King [comp]
Text Author: Jones

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 08 July 1865, 7.

“Mr. Davenport will sing two songs and dance a sailor’s hornpipe.”

2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 10 July 1865, 7.

     “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.”

3)
Review: New-York Times, 12 July 1865, 7.

     “Mr. Davenport was in excellent spirits, and sang and danced and ‘gagged’ with the greatest heartiness.”