. Our theatres to-day and yesterday. <x o u OUR THEATRES TO DAY AND YESTERDAY. 33NUMEROUS HALLS SPRING UP. The year 1840 marked the beginning of a period of financialdepression in America, which lasted until 1845, and quite nat-urally had its effect in the theatrical world. During1840-45 this time there were no theatres of moment built inNew York, though a number of halls sprang up invarious localities, owing to the minstrel craze which was aboutthis time beginning to take hold of the public. Among them were the Chatham Museum (1841), located onChatham street, just above Pearl, which enjoye
. Our theatres to-day and yesterday. <x o u OUR THEATRES TO DAY AND YESTERDAY. 33NUMEROUS HALLS SPRING UP. The year 1840 marked the beginning of a period of financialdepression in America, which lasted until 1845, and quite nat-urally had its effect in the theatrical world. During1840-45 this time there were no theatres of moment built inNew York, though a number of halls sprang up invarious localities, owing to the minstrel craze which was aboutthis time beginning to take hold of the public. Among them were the Chatham Museum (1841), located onChatham street, just above Pearl, which enjoyed but a brief ex-istence; Concert Hall (1842), at 404 Broadway, which was occu-pied by Barnum in 42 for just one week under the assumedname of Prof. Griffith; Teetollers Hall (1842), at 71 Divisionstreet, where Charles T. White made his professional debut; TheCornucopia (1843), at 28 Park Row, distinguished as housingthe famous Virginia Minstrels, and Novelty Hall (1844), at thecorner of Pearl and Centre streets, in which Luke V/est
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