Tony Pastor’s Opera House

Event Information

Venue(s):
Tony Pastor's Opera House

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
14 April 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

15 Aug 1870, 8:00 PM
16 Aug 1870, 8:00 PM
17 Aug 1870, 8:00 PM
18 Aug 1870, 8:00 PM
19 Aug 1870, 8:00 PM
20 Aug 1870, 2:30 PM
20 Aug 1870, 8:00 PM

Program Details

Mlle. Irma, “the statue queen” appears in a series of living pictures.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: Frank Bell; Billy [Ethiopian comedian] Sheppard; Master [comic singer] Martin; Harry [swimmer] Gurr; James H. [pantomimist] Wesley; Billy [banjo comedian] Carter; Nelse Seymour; Helene [dancer] Smith; Frank Kerns; Marie [dancer] Gorenflo

2)

Omnibus, The; or, Pat's blunders

aka Omnibus; Pat's blunders; Wrong bottle, The

Text Author: Pocock

Participants: Nelse Seymour; Frank Kerns

3)

Participants: Frank Bell

4)

Barber and beadle, The

Participants: Master [comic singer] Martin; James H. [pantomimist] Wesley

5)

Graziella, La

Participants: Marie [dancer] Gorenflo

6)

Congo band, The

Participants: Billy [Ethiopian comedian] Sheppard; Billy [banjo comedian] Carter; Nelse Seymour; Frank Kerns

7)

Participants: Billy [banjo comedian] Carter

8)

Composer(s): Unidentified

Participants: Helene [dancer] Smith

9)

Digging for gold

Participants: Nelse Seymour; Frank Kerns; Billy [Ethiopian comedian] Sheppard

Citations

1)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 14 August 1870, 12.

2)

Announcement: New York Clipper, 20 August 1870, 158.