Wood’s Museum and Metropolitan Theatre

Event Information

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

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
1 March 2019

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

08 Feb 1869, Matinee
08 Feb 1869, Evening
09 Feb 1869, Matinee
09 Feb 1869, Evening
10 Feb 1869, Matinee
10 Feb 1869, Evening
11 Feb 1869, Matinee
11 Feb 1869, Evening
12 Feb 1869, Matinee
12 Feb 1869, Evening
13 Feb 1869, Matinee
13 Feb 1869, Evening

Program Details

Until 02/27/69 (according to NY Clipper, 02/27/69, p. 374, 3rd col., bottom).

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Morlacchi Ballet Troupe;  William Jermyn Florence;  Mrs. William Jermyn Florence
2)
Ixion; or, The man at the wheel
Text Author: Burnand
3)
Field of the cloth of gold, The
Text Author: Brough
4)
Field of the cloth of gold, The, [incidental music]
Composer(s): Glover

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 06 February 1869.

Lydia Thompson’s troupe is now at Niblo’s. “The Field…” is now being done by other performers. This version was premiered on Feb. 6.

2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 08 February 1869, 7.
3)
Announcement: New-York Times, 09 February 1869, 4.

(two mentions)

4)
Review: New York Herald, 10 February 1869, 7.

No mention of music.

5)
Review: New York Clipper, 13 February 1869, 358, 3rd col., bottom.

The casts for the matinees and evenings are different: Matinees: Fanny Herring (Ixion); Lillie Eldridge (Mercury); Mary Wells (Minerva); Rose Cook (Venus); Kate Logan (Jupiter).

6)
Review: New York Clipper, 20 February 1869, 366, 2d col., middle.

Brief; no mention of music.