Round of Pleasure

Event Information

Venue(s):
Grand Opera House

Manager / Director:
George Washington Lafayette Fox

Price: $.50; $.50 extra reserved; $.30 family circle

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
24 March 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

23 Feb 1874, 1:30 PM
23 Feb 1874, 7:45 PM
24 Feb 1874, 7:45 PM
25 Feb 1874, 7:45 PM
26 Feb 1874, 7:45 PM
27 Feb 1874, 7:45 PM
28 Feb 1874, 1:30 PM
28 Feb 1874, 7:45 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Rigl Sisters;  Martens Family;  Jee Brothers;  Wilson Brothers [gymnasts];  George Washington Lafayette Fox;  Charles Kemble Fox;  King Sarbro
2)
Tyrolean songs
Participants:  Martens Family
3)
Sculptor's dream, The
Participants:  Rigl Sisters
4)
"Duetto buffo di due gatti"
aka Cat duet
Composer(s): Rossini
Participants:  Martens Family
5)
Swinging bamboo, The
Participants:  King Sarbro
6)
Spitfire, The
aka Jack Harkaway at sea
Text Author: Morton
7)
Humpty Dumpty at school

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 22 February 1874, 7.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 07 March 1874, 390.

“Variety entertainments appear to have hit the taste of patrons of the Grand Opera-house, as since they have been introduced there the attendance has increased in a marked degree…”