Metropolitan Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
Metropolitan Theatre

Manager / Director:
Robert W. [manager] Butler

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
13 March 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

25 Aug 1873, 7:45 PM
26 Aug 1873, 7:45 PM
27 Aug 1873, Matinee
27 Aug 1873, 7:45 PM
28 Aug 1873, 7:45 PM
29 Aug 1873, 7:45 PM
30 Aug 1873, Matinee
30 Aug 1873, 7:45 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Reynolds Brothers;  Nully Pieris;  Helene [dancer] Smith;  George H. Coes;  Master Barney;  Add Ryman;  George F. [actor] Ketchum;  Sam [comedian] Rickey;  Belle Howitt;  Joe [song and dance] Lang;  Luke Schoolcraft;  John [mystic changes] Morris
2)
Funny mokes in a fog
3)
Taking the pledge
Participants:  Master Barney;  Sam [comedian] Rickey
4)
Jig
Participants:  Master Barney
5)
Banjo solos
Participants:  George H. Coes
6)
Mystic changes
Participants:  John [mystic changes] Morris
7)
Stump speech
aka Stump oration; Any other man
Participants:  Add Ryman
8)
"March of the Cameron men"
Composer(s): Traditional
Participants:  George H. Coes

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 24 August 1873, 9.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 06 September 1873, 182.

“Master Barney previously performed a jig dance, in which he has few equals and hardly a superior.”