Life and Death of Natty Bumppo

Event Information

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

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
17 March 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

13 Oct 1873, Evening
14 Oct 1873, Evening
15 Oct 1873, Evening
16 Oct 1873, Evening
17 Oct 1873, Evening
18 Oct 1873, Matinee
18 Oct 1873, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Life and death of Natty Bumppo
Text Author: Unknown playwright
Participants:  Edward [actor] Eddy;  A. H. [actor] Sheldon

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 12 October 1873, 7.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 12 October 1873, 11.
3)
Review: New-York Times, 14 October 1873, 5.

No mention of music.

4)
Review: New York Clipper, 25 October 1873, 238.

Long cast list with roles. “…A. H. Sheldon as David Gamut, with his singing of psalm tunes, and later as Ben Pump, an old sailor—sort of marine Toodles—created much laughter…”