Tony Pastor’s Opera House

Event Information

Venue(s):
Tony Pastor's Opera House

Conductor(s):
Joseph [conductor] Braham

Price: $.35; $.50 reserved

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
3 September 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

25 Sep 1871, 8:00 PM
26 Sep 1871, Matinee
26 Sep 1871, 8:00 PM
27 Sep 1871, 8:00 PM
28 Sep 1871, 8:00 PM
29 Sep 1871, 8:00 PM
30 Sep 1871, Matinee
30 Sep 1871, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Sam Devere;  Lydia [serio-comic vocalist] Gray;  Tony Pastor;  Frank Kerns;  Johnny [Ethiopian comedian] Queen;  G. W. [ventriloquist] Jester
2)
Emigrants
Text Author: Unknown playwright
3)
Frolics of Pat
Text Author: Unknown playwright
4)
Comic songs
Participants:  Tony Pastor
5)
"My father sold charcoal"
aka My father sould charcoal; Me father sould charcoal
Composer(s): Traditional
Participants:  Johnny [Ethiopian comedian] Queen
6)
Banjo solos
Participants:  Sam Devere

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 25 September 1871, 8.
2)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 07 October 1871, 214.

“Miss Lydia Gray, a serio-comic vocalist from the principal music halls of London, Eng., made her American debut at Tony Pastor’s, Monday evening, Sept. 25th, and met with a cordial reception. She has a good figure, a pleasing countenance and is a good vocalist.”