Tony Pastor's Opera House

Event Information

Venue(s):
Tony Pastor's Opera House

Price: $.35; $.50 reserved

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
30 August 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

16 Jan 1871, 8:00 PM
17 Jan 1871, 8:00 PM
18 Jan 1871, Matinee
18 Jan 1871, 8:00 PM
19 Jan 1871, 8:00 PM
20 Jan 1871, 8:00 PM
21 Jan 1871, Matinee
21 Jan 1871, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Tony Pastor’s Company;  James [Irish comic singer] Collins;  George Murray;  Martha Wren;  James Cummings;  Iona [vocalist] Lang;  Kathleen O'Neil;  Johnny Wild;  Harry [gymnast] Clarke;  Frank Kerns
2)
Arrival of Kneelson, The
aka Arrival of Nilsson
Participants:  James [Irish comic singer] Collins;  Martha Wren
3)
Dutch songs
Participants:  George Murray
4)
Song and dance
Participants:  James Cummings
5)
Jack Sheppard and Joseph Blueskin, [burlesque]
Text Author: Poole
Participants:  Martha Wren (role: Jack Sheppard)
6)
Little Church around the Corner, The
7)
Champion jig
Participants:  Kathleen O'Neil

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 15 January 1871, 2.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 28 January 1871, 342.

“‘The arrival of Kneelson’ was cleverly performed, and the several songs by both [Wren and Collins] were well rendered.”