Tony Pastor’s Opera House

Event Information

Venue(s):
Tony Pastor's Opera House

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
24 July 2021

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

30 Jan 1870, Evening
01 Feb 1870, Evening
02 Feb 1870, Evening
02 Feb 1870, 2:30 PM
03 Feb 1870, Evening
04 Feb 1870, Evening
05 Feb 1870, Evening
05 Feb 1870, 2:30 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Freeman Sisters;  Frank Kerns;  Catharine [actress] Lucette;  Charles [clown] Parker;  Nelse Seymour;  Tony Pastor;  Thomas Grattan Riggs;  George W. Thompson
2)
Richard III, [burlesque]
aka Richard No. 3 ; Teutonic tyrant of squantum; Richard Ye No. 3; Richard Third; Richard de three times; Dutch Richard III
Participants:  Tony Pastor (role: Richard);  Thomas Grattan Riggs (role: Lady Anne);  George W. Thompson (role: King Henry)
3)
Kitchen furniture
Participants:  Charles [clown] Parker
4)
"Little barefoot"
Composer(s): Howard
Participants:  Freeman Sisters
5)
Domestic difficulties
aka Domestic troubles
Participants:  Nelse Seymour;  Frank Kerns
6)
Wake up, William Henry
aka Wake up William Henry
Text Author: White
Participants:  Nelse Seymour;  Frank Kerns
7)
Songs, unidentified
aka New songs; Foreign airs by native artists
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Freeman Sisters

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 30 January 1870, 2.
2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 31 January 1870, 6.
3)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 05 February 1870, 350, col. 4.
4)
Review: New York Clipper, 12 February 1870, 358, col. 3.

“Crowded audiences greeted the performances presented at Tony Pastor’s Opera House the past week. Nelse Seymour, having recovered from his late accident, appeared in that laughable act of ‘Wake Up, William Henry,’ which was made a screaming act, assisted as he was by Frank Kerns. The Freeman Sisters were well received in their several songs. Charles Parker made quite a favorable impression upon his audience. The burlesque of ‘Richard the Third’ was the afterpiece, and it afforded Tony Pastor an opportunity for creating a good deal of fun as Richard, while George Thompson as King Henry made a most laughable king. T. G. Riggs in make-up and acting of Lady Anne, was huge, both in proportions and his actions. While he may not have looked as well as Shakespeare intended her, he nevertheless pleased the audience with his interpretation of what Lady Anne should be.”