Tony Pastor’s Opera House

Event Information

Venue(s):
Tony Pastor's Opera House

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
5 March 2022

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

18 Apr 1870, Evening
18 Apr 1870, 2:00 PM

Program Details

Citations assert this is the “only matinee” in the city on Easter Monday. Afternoon program listed before intermission, evening program listed after intermission.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Tony Pastor’s Company;  Leggett and Allen [dancers];  Nelse Seymour;  Tony Pastor;  Frank Kerns
2)
Dutchman in strange lodgings, The
Text Author: Unknown playwright
3)
Macbeth, [burlesque (unknown playwright)]
Text Author: Unknown playwright
Participants:  Tony Pastor (role: Macbeth)
4)
Comic duet
Participants:  Leggett and Allen [dancers]
5)
Clog dance
aka Clog reel
Participants:  Leggett and Allen [dancers]

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 16 April 1870, 12.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 17 April 1870, 9.

“Grand holiday matinee, at 2. The only matinee in the city.”

3)
Announcement: New York Herald, 18 April 1870, 7.

Brief

4)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 23 April 1870, 22.

Announcement for Monday’s Easter bill.