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

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
23 November 2015

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

21 Jan 1867, 2:00 PM
21 Jan 1867, 7:45 PM
22 Jan 1867, 2:00 PM
22 Jan 1867, 7:45 PM
23 Jan 1867, 2:00 PM
23 Jan 1867, 7:45 PM
24 Jan 1867, 2:00 PM
24 Jan 1867, 7:45 PM
25 Jan 1867, 2:00 PM
25 Jan 1867, 7:45 PM
26 Jan 1867, 2:00 PM
26 Jan 1867, 7:45 PM
27 Jan 1867, 2:00 PM
27 Jan 1867, 7:45 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Uncle Tom’s cabin; or, Life among the lowly
Text Author: Aiken
Participants:  Barnum and Van Amburgh Museum and Menagerie Company;  Mrs. George C. Howard (role: Topsy)

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 21 January 1867, 7.

“. . . [I]n 5 acts, 11 tableaux, and will all its original music and effects . . .”

2)
Review: New-York Times, 21 January 1867, 4.

“Uncle Tom’s Cabin is still in the ascendancy.”