Event Information
Venue(s):
Tony Pastor's Opera House
Price: $.25; $.35; $.50
Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
24 March 2025
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
23 Feb 1874, Matinee23 Feb 1874, Evening
24 Feb 1874, Evening
25 Feb 1874, Matinee
25 Feb 1874, Evening
26 Feb 1874, Evening
27 Feb 1874, Evening
28 Feb 1874, Matinee
28 Feb 1874, Evening
Performers and/or Works Performed
1)
Participants: Freeman Sisters; Claire Sisters [contortionists]; Niles and Evans [song and dance]; Tony Pastor; Frank [minstrel] Girard; Larry Tooley; Charles F. [actor] Seabert; J. L. [dog act] Davis; Joe [song and dance] Lang; Billy [Ethiopian comedian] Barry; Andy [Irish vocalist] Hughes; Annie [Irish vocalist] Hughes; Edith [actress] Bland; Hannah Birch; Katie [vocalist] Shaw
6)
aka Seedy musicians;
Old time's rocks;
Old times' rocks;
Old times rock
Citations
1)
“Ladies free on Friday evenings and Saturday afternoons.”
2)
“…Edith Bland’s pretty face and well-formed figure, combined with respectable histrionic ability and good vocal powers, quickly established her as a favorite…The Freeman Sisters, who are ever on the alert to add novelty to their repertory, produced a musical sketch called ‘The Masquerade Party,’ which achieved success. Charming taste was evinced in their costume, and an earnest desire to please is always conspicuous in their performances…”