Wood’s Museum and Metropolitan Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
Wood's Museum and Metropolitan Theatre

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
30 December 2018

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

14 Dec 1868, 7:30 PM
15 Dec 1868, 7:30 PM
16 Dec 1868, Matinee
16 Dec 1868, 7:30 PM
17 Dec 1868, 7:30 PM
18 Dec 1868, 7:30 PM
19 Dec 1868, Matinee
19 Dec 1868, 7:30 PM

Program Details

The museum is open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Lydia Thompson Burlesque Troupe;  Lydia [actress] Thompson
2)
Quiet family, A, [farce]
Text Author: Suter
3)
Ixion; or, The man at the wheel
Text Author: Burnand
Participants:  Harry [actor] Beckett;  Pauline [actress] Markham;  Lisa [actress] Weber;  Ada [actress and dancer] Harland

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 11 December 1868.
2)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 11 December 1868, 5.
3)
Review: New York Herald, 14 December 1868, 4.

Wood’s has a giant. Ixion is to be withdrawn next week.  The present company will appear in a new piece. Commodore Foote and his sister, Miss Nestelle, remain.

4)
Announcement: New York Sun, 14 December 1868, 2.
5)
Announcement: New-York Times, 14 December 1868, 5.
6)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 14 December 1868, 7.
7)
Review: New York Post, 16 December 1868, [4].

Brief; no mention of music.

8)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 16 December 1868, 2.
9)
Review: New-York Times, 17 December 1868, 4.

Review of daily dramatic performances; no mention of music.

10)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 19 December 1868, 294, 3d col., top.
11)
Announcement: New York Herald, 20 December 1868.

“‘Ixion Polka Redowa’ is a song in Ixion. Another publication of songs from Lydia Thompson’s troupe are collected in a volume entitled, “Spirit of Burlesque,” containing some of the most popular songs in Ixion and other burlesque songs. The first two numbers are ‘Beautiful Bells’ and ‘The Bell Goes a Ringing for Sarah.’”