Streets of New York

Event Information

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

Manager / Director:
Phineas Taylor Barnum

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

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
28 December 2015

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

08 Apr 1867, 2:00 PM
08 Apr 1867, 7:45 PM
09 Apr 1867, 2:00 PM
09 Apr 1867, 7:45 PM
10 Apr 1867, 2:00 PM
10 Apr 1867, 7:45 PM
11 Apr 1867, 2:00 PM
11 Apr 1867, 7:45 PM
12 Apr 1867, 2:00 PM
12 Apr 1867, 7:45 PM
13 Apr 1867, 2:00 PM
13 Apr 1867, 7:45 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Streets of New York, The, [drama]
aka Poor of New York; Pauvres de Paris, Les
Text Author: Boucicault
Participants:  Barnum and Van Amburgh Museum and Menagerie Company

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 08 April 1867, 7.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 20 April 1867, 14, 2d col., middle.

“The drama of ‘The Streets of New York’ attracted good houses. The drama was carefully placed upon the stage and in several instances was well acted.”