Pedestin

Event Information

Venue(s):
Globe Theatre

Manager / Director:
William B. Freligh

Price: $.50; $1 reserved parquet and balcony chairs; $7 private boxes; $.25 amphitheatre

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
10 December 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

05 Feb 1872, 2:00 PM
05 Feb 1872, 8:00 PM
06 Feb 1872, 8:00 PM
07 Feb 1872, 8:00 PM
08 Feb 1872, 2:00 PM
08 Feb 1872, 8:00 PM
09 Feb 1872, 8:00 PM
10 Feb 1872, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Pedestin; or, Cute, the reliable
Text Author: Meath
Participants:  Charles [comedian] Petrie

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 04 February 1872, 2.

Charles Petrie benefit on Friday.

2)
Review: New York Herald, 06 February 1872, 10.

"Miss Polly Booth added new laurels to her already well established reputation. Her singing of ‘Coming Through the Rye’ made one of the prettiest points of the piece, and was deservedly encored.”

3)
Review: New York Sun, 07 February 1872, 2.

Brief; no mention of music.

4)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 10 February 1872, 358.
5)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 11 February 1872, 9.

Freligh's withdrawal from management of the theatre because of the threat of injunctions were he to continue.

6)
Review: New York Clipper, 17 February 1872, 366.

No mention of music; termination of the season on Saturday evening.