Theater playbill for the Carncross Minstrels at the National Theater, Washington, April 5, 1879
Contributors: Slocum, E. N., 1836-1895, performer; Hall, E. M., 1845-1903, performer; Dougherty, Hughey, 1845- performer; Slocum, E. N., 1836-1895; National Theater (Washington, D.C. : 1873-1885); Theater Playbills and Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed at the Office of The Daily Critic, 511 Ninth Street Northwest
Published: 1879
Place of publication: [Washington, D.C.]
Language: eng
Other titles: Carncross Minstrels, star troupe of the world; Pastime; Warm springer.; Henry Moses Shadboat Pinafore.
Description: National Theater, John T. Ford, proprietor, H. Clay Ford, manager. Carncross Minstrels, Star Troupe of the World. John L. Carncross, manager, E.N. Slocum, stage manager ... Saturday evening, April 5, 1879 ... Concluding with the new and orriginal burlesque, by E.N. Slocum, entitled "Henry Moses Shadboat Pinafore" ... Monday, April 7th, a celebrated case ...
Notes: Title devised by Library staff from item.

Printed on both sides of the sheet.

Text caption on page two of sheet: "The Pastime."

Cast: The warm springer: Zeke: Matt Wheeler, Old Scalp: E.N. Slocum, George Roadster: James Quinn, Jack Junk: Carl Rudolph.

Cast: Henry Moses Shadboat Pinafore: Mr. Joseph Porterhouse: Hughey Dougherty, Captain Corkonian: J.L. Carncross, Ralph Jackstraw: E.M. Hall, Dick Deadeye: E.N. Slocum, Bobstay, the Boatswain: L.C. Mettler, The Midshipmate: Master Eddie Short, Josephine, the Captain's Daughter / Eugene -- Buttertub: Jas. Quinn, Hebe: Matt Wheeler, Fishermen, Sailors, Stowaways, his sister, his cousins, his aunts, by a Grand Chorus.

Available in digital form on the Library of Congress Digital Collections Web site: Variety Stage: Theater Playbills and Programs. Program available in digital form under title: Carncross Minstrels, star troupe of the world http://www.loc.gov/item/var95-000018

In: American theater programs of the late 19th and 20th centuries (Library of Congress).
Table of contents: title: Programme: Part first: Overture, Chimes of Normandy / Carncros Minstrels; title: Only Yesterday / J.W. Braman; title: Hoop de Doo / Matt Wheeler; title: Darling Little Jessie / J.L. Carncross; title: Dear Evelina / Hughey Dougherty; title: Take this Letter to my Mother / Carl Rudolph; title: Grand Finale: The two Tramps / Carncross Minstrels; title: Part second: Varieties: Plantation Scene, Persuasion / Griffin and Rice; title: Oratory! / by the great Orator Hughey Dougherty; title: The Warm Springer; title: E.M. Hall in his artistic Banjo Solo, original songs, specialties, etc.; title: Overture / Orchestra; title: Henry Moses Shadboat Pinafore.