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:
4 September 2021

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

14 Feb 1870, Evening
15 Feb 1870, Evening
16 Feb 1870, Evening
16 Feb 1870, 2:30 PM
17 Feb 1870, Evening
18 Feb 1870, Evening
19 Feb 1870, Evening
19 Feb 1870, 2:30 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Leopolds [gymnasts];  Nelse Seymour;  Tony Pastor;  Thomas Grattan Riggs;  George W. Thompson;  Addie LeBrun;  Frank Kerns
2)
Hamlet II
Text Author: Poole
Participants:  Nelse Seymour (role: the Ghost);  Tony Pastor (role: Hamlet);  Thomas Grattan Riggs (role: Ophelia)

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 13 February 1870, 2.
2)
Review: New York Herald, 15 February 1870, 7.

No mention of music.

3)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 19 February 1870, 366.
4)
Review: New York Sun, 21 February 1870, 2.

Brief: “Tony Pastor’s Opera House. About 2,500 persons witnessed Tony Pastor’s ‘Hamlet’ on Saturday night. The representation was better than on the opening night. Tony’s unconscionable melancholy brought tears of laughter to the entire house.”

5)
Review: New York Clipper, 26 February 1870, 374.

No mention of music.