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:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
5 October 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

16 Oct 1871, 8:00 PM
17 Oct 1871, 2:30 PM
17 Oct 1871, 8:00 PM
18 Oct 1871, 8:00 PM
19 Oct 1871, 2:30 PM
19 Oct 1871, 8:00 PM
20 Oct 1871, 8:00 PM
21 Oct 1871, 2:30 PM
21 Oct 1871, 8:00 PM

Program Details

Thursday matinee to benefit the victims of the Chicago fire. See also separate event entry of 10/13/71: Articles on benefit entertainments for victims of the Chicago fire.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Tony Pastor’s Company;  Tommy and Willie Daly [song & dance];  Tony Pastor;  Cool [minstrel] Burgess;  Bertha [vocalist] Foy;  Ida [song & dance] Foy;  Charles [Dutch comedian] Webster;  Peter [comic vocalist] Cannon
2)
Comic songs
Participants:  Tony Pastor
3)
Daddy long legs
Participants:  Cool [minstrel] Burgess
4)
"Driven from home"
aka Out in the cold
Composer(s): Hays
Participants:  Ida [song & dance] Foy
5)
Song and dance
Participants:  Tommy and Willie Daly [song & dance]

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 15 October 1871, 13.

Benefit Thursday matinee for Chicago fire victims.

2)
Review: New York Clipper, 28 October 1871, 238.