Wood’s Museum and Metropolitan Theatre

Event Information

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

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
14 May 2022

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

09 May 1870, All Day
10 May 1870, All Day
11 May 1870, All Day
12 May 1870, All Day
14 May 1870, All Day

Program Details

Performances of Field of the cloth of gold at 2pm and 8pm every day.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Field of the cloth of gold, The
Text Author: Brough
Participants:  Louis Joseph Mestayer [actor];  Mrs. Edward [actress] Wright;  Alice M. Harrison [vocal-actor];  Miron Winslow Leffingwell;  Olivia [actress] Rand

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 07 May 1870, 38.
2)
Announcement: New York Sun, 09 May 1870, 2.
3)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 09 May 1870, 5.
4)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 09 May 1870, 7.
5)
Announcement: New York Herald, 09 May 1870, 7.
6)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 09 May 1870, 2.
7)
Review: New-York Times, 13 May 1870, 4.

No mention of music.

8)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 14 May 1870, 46.

Cast list with roles.

9)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 14 May 1870, 4.

No mention of music.

10)
Review: New York Clipper, 21 May 1870, 54.

“…The burlesque is replete with puns and songs, set to the most popular airs of the day, and each performance during the past week was witness by delighted audiences.”