Wood’s Museum and Menagerie

Event Information

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

Price: $.30

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
21 August 2021

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

07 Feb 1870, 8:00 PM
08 Feb 1870, 8:00 PM
09 Feb 1870, 8:00 PM
10 Feb 1870, 8:00 PM
11 Feb 1870, 8:00 PM
12 Feb 1870, 8:00 PM

Program Details

Open daily 9 am-10 pm.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  James M. [actor] Ward;  Rosa [actress] Rand
2)
Maid with the milking pail, The, [comic drama]
aka Millie, the maid with the milking pail; Milly, the maid with the milking pail
Text Author: Buckstone
Participants:  James M. [actor] Ward;  Rosa [actress] Rand
3)
Faust, [burlesque (Bernard)]
Text Author: Bernard
4)
"Shoo fly, don't bodder me"
aka Shoo fly don't bother me; Shu fly don't bother me; Shew fly don’t bother me
Composer(s): Howard
5)
"Come where my love lies dreaming"
Composer(s): Foster
6)
Faust, "Military march"
Composer(s): Gounod
Text Author: Barbier, Carré

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 07 February 1870, 7.
2)
Review: New York Herald, 08 February 1870, 7.

No mention of music.

3)
Review: New York Post, 11 February 1870, 4.

No mention of music.

4)
Review: New York Clipper, 19 February 1870, 366.

“This burlesque is full of selections from popular operas, and it has snatches of songs, many of which are popular, including ‘Shoo Fly.’ ‘Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming’ was very well sung by Miss Fisher, Miss Weber, Righton, and Collins. The march from ‘Faust’ was also given.”