Hunted Down

Event Information

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

Manager / Director:
George A. F. Wood

Conductor(s):
Michael [conductor] Connolly

Price: $.30

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
30 March 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

01 Apr 1872, 8:00 PM
02 Apr 1872, 8:00 PM
03 Apr 1872, 8:00 PM
04 Apr 1872, 8:00 PM
05 Apr 1872, 8:00 PM
06 Apr 1872, 2:00 PM
06 Apr 1872, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Hunted down; or, The two lives of Mary Leigh
Text Author: Boucicault
Participants:  Rollin Howard;  Laura Keene (role: (Mary Leigh));  Charles [minstrel] Sturges
2)
"As she went passing by"
Composer(s): Howard
Participants:  Charles [minstrel] Sturges

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 31 March 1872, 4.
2)
Review: New-York Times, 02 April 1872, 5.
3)
Review: New York Herald, 04 April 1872, 4.

Brief; no mention of music.

4)
Review: New York Clipper, 13 April 1872, 14.

“During the second act Rollin Howard and Charley Sturges appeared as street singers, the former singing a ballad and the latter performing a song and dance called ‘As She Went Passing By,’ written expressly for him by Mr. Howard, both of which were received with favor.”