Barnum’s Museum and Circus

Event Information

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

Price: $.30; .15 children under ten

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
12 December 2012

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

29 Jan 1866, All Day

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  William B. [comic singer] Harrison;   Ned the Learned Musical Seal;  Emma [dancer] Schell
2)
Elshie, The; or, The wizard of the moor
aka Elshie; or, The warlock of the glen
Text Author: Gott
3)
Highland fling
Participants:  Emma [dancer] Schell

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 29 January 1866, 7.

     “Mirth and Music, Wit and Humor. Instruction and Amusement. . . . Previous to Circus, the romantic Scottish Drama of the ELSHIE; Or,  The Warlock of the Glen.  Startling Incidents, Grand Effects, Exciting Tableaux.”

2)
Announcement: New-York Times, 30 January 1866, 5.
3)
Review: New York Clipper, 10 February 1866, 350.

     “Mr. W.B. Harrison is as great a favorite as ever with his extemporaneous songs.”