Charley White Company

Event Information

Venue(s):
Mechanic's Hall

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
16 August 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

10 Dec 1866, Evening
11 Dec 1866, Evening
12 Dec 1866, Evening
13 Dec 1866, Evening
14 Dec 1866, Evening
15 Dec 1866, Evening
15 Dec 1866, 2:30 PM

Program Details

First appearance of Billy Allen.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Charley White Company;  Billy [Minstrel dancer] Allen;  George R. Edeson;  Harry Burchard
2)
Mischievous Nigger, The
Text Author: White
3)
Comic song
aka Comic ditty
Participants:  George R. Edeson

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Sun, 10 December 1866, 4.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 10 December 1866.
3)
Review: New York Herald, 11 December 1866, 7.

“Charley White and his combination troupe continue nightly to attract ever-increasing houses in their snug little theatre at 472 Broadway, lately hallowed by the genius of Dan Bryant. The programme is an unusually brilliant one, and the promise made to the eye is more than fulfilled to the ear. Harry Burchard’s able ventriloquial [sic] displays meet with the most flattering demonstrations of approval. The entertainment at present closes with The Mischievous Nigger—a farce yet more mirth provoking than its title. To unfortunate dyspeptics, afflicted with the blues, few more potent medicines can be recommended than a visit to this temple of melody and humor.”

4)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 15 December 1866, 288.