Metropolitan Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
Metropolitan Theatre

Manager / Director:
Robert W. [manager] Butler

Price: $1; $.50; $.25

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
19 March 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

09 Feb 1874, 7:45 PM
10 Feb 1874, 7:45 PM
11 Feb 1874, Matinee
11 Feb 1874, 7:45 PM
12 Feb 1874, 7:45 PM
13 Feb 1874, 7:45 PM
14 Feb 1874, Matinee
14 Feb 1874, 7:45 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Schrotter Sisters;  Jackley Family [gymnasts];  Martinetti Pantomime Troupe;  Cool White [minstrel];  Frank Hussey [minstrel-var.];  Master Barney;  George F. [actor] Ketchum;  Jennie [vocalist] Hughes;  Sam [comedian] Rickey;  Leona [trapeze] Dare;  Edith [actress] Bland;  Charles [Ethiopian comedian] Worley;  Kate [dancer] Wilson
2)
House that Jack built, The; or, Harlequin and the good fairy
aka Harlequin and the Good Fairy; Paul and Virginia
Composer(s): Tyte
Participants:  Martinetti Pantomime Troupe
3)
Hamlet and his mother
Participants:  Frank Hussey [minstrel-var.]
4)
Insult and apology
Participants:  Frank Hussey [minstrel-var.]
5)
Our boyish days
Participants:  Master Barney;  Sam [comedian] Rickey
6)
Rough diamond, The
Text Author: Buckstone
7)
Songs and dances
Participants:  Charles [Ethiopian comedian] Worley

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 08 February 1874, 4.
2)
Review: New York Herald, 10 February 1874, 7.

Brief; no mention of music. 

3)
Review: New York Clipper, 21 February 1874, 374.

Program changes from last week.