Christy's Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Christy’s Minstrel Hall

Proprietor / Lessee:
George N. Christy
John N. Briggs

Price: $.25; $3 and $4 private boxes; .15 children to matinee

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
27 January 2012

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

13 Oct 1862, 7:45 PM
14 Oct 1862, 7:45 PM
15 Oct 1862, 7:45 PM
16 Oct 1862, 7:45 PM
17 Oct 1862, 7:45 PM
18 Oct 1862, 3:00 PM
18 Oct 1862, 7:45 PM

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Christy's Minstrels;  Jules Stratton [minstrel];  Leopold [violinist, conductor, minstrel] Meyer;  Napoleon W. Gould;  Frank Spear;  J.C. Morland;  R. [Christy's] Thompson;  George N. Christy;  J. Harry Clifford;  Sylvester Bleecker;  Billy Quinn;  Eugene Florence
2)
Mischievous monkey, The
Text Author: Bleecker
Participants:  George N. Christy (role: Jocko)

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 12 October 1862, 7.
“[S]ongs, glees, choruses, sentimental and comic ballads.”
2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 13 October 1862, 2.
“The minstrels – Wood’s, Christy’s, and Bryant’s . . . are crowded nightly to repletion. This is the best paying branch of theatrical business just now.”
3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 13 October 1862, 7.

Third week of Mischievous Monkey.

4)
Announcement: New-York Times, 13 October 1862, 8.
“’The Mischievous Monkey,’ in which George Christy’s Jocko rivals that of Marzetti, is announced for every evening this week.”