Wood’s Museum and Metropolitan Theatre
Event Information
Venue(s):
Wood's Museum and Metropolitan Theatre
Price: $.50
Event Type:
Play With Music
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
23 July 2019
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
08 Apr 1869, Evening10 Apr 1869, Evening
Program Details
Family matinee of burlesques at 2 pm. Wood’s Museum now features an “Automaton Trumpeter,” which is mentioned in all the citations.
Performers and/or Works Performed
1)
Participants: Alice [actress] Marriott (role: Mrs. Haller); J. F. [actor] Cathcart (role: Stranger)
Citations
4)
Announces that Manager Wood “has secured from Mercer H. Simpson, one of the manager of an English provincial theatre, the pantomime of ‘Robinson Crusoe,’ which met with so much favor at the Covent Garden Theatre, London, last Christmas, and which will be produced shortly at the Museum under the direction of Mr. Simpson, who is now on his way to this country, accompanied by several English patonimists.” Does not provide prospective premiere date, or mention current week’s performances.