Charley White Company

Event Information

Venue(s):
Mechanic's Hall

Event Type:
Minstrel, Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
12 December 2015

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

01 Apr 1867, Evening
02 Apr 1867, Evening
03 Apr 1867, Evening
04 Apr 1867, Evening
05 Apr 1867, Evening
06 Apr 1867, Evening
06 Apr 1867, 2:30 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Charley White Company;  Dick Ralph;  Signor Faranta;  Stevie Rogers
2)
Female clerks of Washington; or, Early’s last raid
Text Author: Cavanaugh
3)
Petticoat light guard march
Composer(s): Unknown composer
4)
Longbone will preach
5)
Spirit of seventy-six is visible, The, [burlesque]
aka Spirit of '76
6)
Blackberry’s brigade
aka Blackberry's brigade reviewed
7)
Hannah and her big drum
aka Hannah goes to war
8)
Sargeant Slashem’s panorama
aka Sergent Slashem’s panorama
9)
Two Johnsons, The
Composer(s): Unidentified
10)
Great contortionist, The

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 01 April 1867, 1.

Last Week of Female Clerks.  First Week of the Juvenile Clog Dancer, Mast. Stevie. . . . Great Prize Fight Every Night.”

2)
Review: New York Herald, 04 April 1867, 7.

“A crowded house, as usual, witnessed last evening the very amusing performances of this minstrel troupe. There, all so excellent in the accomplishment of the general purpose, to entertain and satisfy, it is almost invidious to specify the ‘Two Johnsons,’ ‘The Great Contortionist,’ and Dick Ralph as particularly worthy of praise.  The closing performance, The Female Clerks of Washington, is a vivid and suggestive picture of the capital during the stirring times of the war.”

3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 06 April 1867, 1.

“THIS AFTERNOON, FEMALE CLERKS Reviewed . . . PETTICOAT GUARD March . . . LONGBONE Will Preach . . . SPIRIT OF ’76 Will be Visible . . . BLACKBERRY’S Brigade Inspected . . . HANNAH Goes to the War . . . SARGEANT Slashem’s Great Panorama . . . WASHINGTON On the Delaware . . . GREAT BATTLE Will be Fought.”