Wood’s Theater

Event Information

Venue(s):
Wood's Theatre [beginning Jan 15, 1866]

Conductor(s):
Henry Tissington

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
14 April 2013

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

20 Aug 1866, Evening
21 Aug 1866, Evening
22 Aug 1866, Evening
22 Aug 1866, 1:30 PM
23 Aug 1866, Evening
24 Aug 1866, Evening
25 Aug 1866, Evening
25 Aug 1866, 1:30 PM

Program Details

Pantomime.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Hanlon Brothers;  Siegrist Family;  Charles E. Collins
2)
Happy old man, The
3)
Esmerelda
4)
Soldiers for love
aka Soldier's love, The

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Herald, 20 August 1866, 5.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 20 August 1866.
3)
Advertisement: New York Post, 20 August 1866.
4)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 20 August 1866, 5.

     “The orchestra, under the charge of Mr. H. Tissington, is all that could be asked.  In a word, the entertainment is better adapted to the season and to the tastes of the people who admire physical strength and beauty, than any other now in the City.”

5)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 20 August 1866.
6)
Advertisement: New-York Daily Tribune, 20 August 1866.
7)
Review: New York Herald, 21 August 1866, 5.

     Reviewer’s concerns regarding safety of a child contortionist in the Siegrist Family.

8)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 25 August 1866.
9)
Article: New York Clipper, 01 September 1866, 166.

     Hanlon Brothers presented with a service of silver, following Aug. 23d performance.