MacEvoy’s Pictorial and Musical Exhibition
Event Information
Venue(s):
Hope Chapel
Manager / Director:
Charles Mac Evoy
Price: $.25 (children .15)
Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
23 September 2013
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
17 Mar 1863, 8:00 PM18 Mar 1863, 2:00 PM
18 Mar 1863, 8:00 PM
19 Mar 1863, 8:00 PM
20 Mar 1863, 8:00 PM
21 Mar 1863, 2:00 PM
21 Mar 1863, 8:00 PM
Program Details
The opening night of this event was on St. Patrick's Day (Tuesday, 03/17/63). The "pictorial" canvas was 11,000 feet long, painted by Messrs. Dufleug (?) and Fouchere, representing "the principal Cities, Public Buildings, magnificent Lake, Mountains, Sea and River Scenery of Ireland."
Performers and/or Works Performed
1)
Participants: Kate Mac Evoy; Marie Mac Evoy (role: harp and contralto); Spalding Mac Evoy (role: Barney the Guide)
2)
aka Irish melodies;
Popular, national, and Irish airs;
Hibernian songs
Participants: Kate Mac Evoy
Citations
2)
“The painting [The Hibernian] will be accompanied by Vocal and Instrumental Music, by a Troupe of talented Artists, who will perform on the Harp, Piano, Violin, and Harmonium. The vocal illustrations are selected from the immortal Irish Melodies and will be sung Erin’s gifted child of song, Miss Kate MacEvoy. . . . Spalding MacEvoy will appear as Barney the Guide [and will sing] several comic Irish songs and duets.”