Christy’s Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Fifth Avenue Opera House

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
21 February 2013

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

18 Jun 1866, 8:00 PM
19 Jun 1866, 8:00 PM
20 Jun 1866, 8:00 PM
21 Jun 1866, 8:00 PM
22 Jun 1866, 8:00 PM
23 Jun 1866, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Christy's Minstrels;  George W. Howard Griffin;  George N. Christy
2)
Return of the Fenian raiders
aka Fenian raiders
3)
Midsummer night's dream, A, [minstrel adaptation]
Text Author: Griffin
4)
Hamlet, [burlesque (Griffin)]
aka Hamlet the dainty; Hamlet in black
Text Author: Griffin
5)
It is never too late to mend, [minstrel parody]
6)
"Jack on the green"
Composer(s): Emmett
Text Author: Emmett

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 17 June 1866.
2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 18 June 1866, 5.

“The new act entitled Return of the Fenian Raiders has met with much success at the Fifth Avenue Opera House, and will be given again this evening.  The piece A Midsummer Night’s Dream is to be produced for the first time.  It Is Never Too Late To Mend will also be acted, the performances concluding with Jack on the Green by the entire troupe.”