Red Hands

Event Information

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

Manager / Director:
George A. F. Wood

Conductor(s):
Michael [conductor] Connolly

Price: $.50

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
13 September 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

30 Jan 1871, Evening
31 Jan 1871, Evening
01 Feb 1871, Evening
02 Feb 1871, Evening
03 Feb 1871, Evening
04 Feb 1871, Evening
04 Feb 1871, 2:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Red hands
Text Author: À Beckett
Participants:  Lucy Rushton (role: Rachel);  Louis Joseph Mestayer [actor];  Alice M. Harrison [vocal-actor]
2)
"When a little farm we keep"
Composer(s): Mazzinghi
Participants:  Louis Joseph Mestayer [actor];  Alice M. Harrison [vocal-actor]

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 30 January 1871, 7.
2)
Review: New York Post, 31 January 1871, 2.

Brief; no mention of music.

3)
Review: New York Sun, 31 January 1871, 2.

No mention of music.

4)
Review: New-York Times, 31 January 1871, 5.

No mention of music.

5)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 31 January 1871, 5.

No mention of music.

6)
Review: New York Post, 02 February 1871, 2.

No mention of music.

7)
Review: New York Clipper, 11 February 1871, 358.

“During the course of the drama Miss Alice Harrison and L. J. Mestayer sang ‘When a Little Farm we Keep,’ and were recalled.”