Barnum's American Museum

Event Information

Venue(s):
Barnum's American Museum [JAN 1842-JUL 1865]

Conductor(s):
William T. Peterschen

Price: $.25; .15 children under 10

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
21 March 2011

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

17 Nov 1862, All Day
18 Nov 1862, All Day
19 Nov 1862, All Day
20 Nov 1862, All Day
21 Nov 1862, All Day
22 Nov 1862, All Day

Program Details

Dion Boucicault: Pauvrette; or, under the snow (drama) [TUE & THU]
Isabelle; or, woman’s life [MON & FRI]
Victorine; or, I’ll sleep on it [WED & SAT]

No music mentioned with the play.

Mr. W.T. Peterschen, musical dir. & composer

Performers and/or Works Performed

3)
aka Pauvrette
Text Author: Boucicault

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 16 November 1862, 7.
Nutt gives “a variety of performances, including songs, dances, military drill.”
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 17 November 1862, 7.