Event Information

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

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
23 March 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

29 Sep 1873, 2:00 PM
30 Sep 1873, 2:00 PM
01 Oct 1873, 2:00 PM
02 Oct 1873, 2:00 PM
03 Oct 1873, 2:00 PM
04 Oct 1873, 2:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Master Barney;  Add Ryman;  William [clog dancer] Ashcroft;  Sam [comedian] Rickey;  Kitty Brooke
2)
Which is which
Text Author: Unknown playwright
3)
Jack the giant killer, [burlesque]
Text Author: Barnes
4)
Taking the pledge
Participants:  Master Barney;  Sam [comedian] Rickey

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 28 September 1873, 7.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 28 September 1873, 11.
3)
Review: New York Clipper, 11 October 1873, 222.

“…Billy Ashcroft continued his Irish song-and-dances…Kitty Brooke won the continued favor of the audience by excellent vocalism…”