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:
25 October 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

04 Dec 1871, 8:00 PM
05 Dec 1871, 2:30 PM
05 Dec 1871, 8:00 PM
06 Dec 1871, 8:00 PM
07 Dec 1871, 8:00 PM
08 Dec 1871, 8:00 PM
09 Dec 1871, 2:30 PM
09 Dec 1871, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Tony Pastor;  Charley [minstrel] Gardner;  Samuel S. Sanford;  Frank Kerns;  Johnny [Ethiopian comedian] Queen;  Celia [comic vocalist] Iferd;  Harry [comedian] Brown;  Viola [vocalist] Clifton
2)
Jig
3)
Clog dance
aka Clog reel
Participants:  Charley [minstrel] Gardner;  Johnny [Ethiopian comedian] Queen
4)
Irish songs
aka Irish melodies; Popular, national, and Irish airs; Hibernian songs
5)
Drink; or, The perils of city life
Text Author: Unknown playwright
6)
Comic songs
Participants:  Tony Pastor

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 03 December 1871, 9.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 16 December 1871, 294.

“Viola Clifton sang character songs with rapid changes of costume.” “Harry Brown, comic, sang a number of songs, and his imitations of various animals introduced in the song of ‘Whistling Thief,’ were cleverly performed and emphatically endorsed by the audience.”