Uncle Tom's Cabin

Event Information

Venue(s):
Barnum and Van Amburgh’s Museum

Proprietor / Lessee:
Phineas Taylor Barnum

Price: $.30 general admission; $.15 children under 10

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
21 December 2015

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

07 Jan 1867, All Day
08 Jan 1867, All Day
09 Jan 1867, All Day
10 Jan 1867, All Day
11 Jan 1867, All Day
12 Jan 1867, All Day
13 Jan 1867, All Day

Program Details

Uncle Tom's Cabin at 2pm and 7:45pm daily.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Uncle Tom's cabin, [play]
aka Eva
Text Author: Unknown playwright
Participants:  Barnum and Van Amburgh Museum and Menagerie Company;  Mrs. George C. Howard (role: Topsy)
2)
Uncle Tom's cabin, [incidental music]
Composer(s): Howard

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 06 January 1867, 7.

 “. . . [I]n 5 acts, 12 tableaux, and with all its original music and effects. . . .”