Metropolitan Theatre
Event Information
Venue(s):
Metropolitan Theatre
Manager / Director:
Robert W. [manager] Butler
Price: $.25, $.50, $1
Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
8 May 2025
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
11 May 1874, 7:45 PM12 May 1874, 7:45 PM
13 May 1874, 7:45 PM
14 May 1874, 7:45 PM
15 May 1874, 7:45 PM
16 May 1874, 7:45 PM
Performers and/or Works Performed
Citations
Cast listing for Ambition; complimentary benefit to Sam Rickey on Friday evening.
“A programme made up of extremely funny acts was gone through with, at the Metropolitan Theatre last night. The theatre was, as usual, very crowded. It would be tedious to rehearse all the good things performed. Those in which Luke Schoolcraft and Sam Rickey appeared were supremely laughable. There was one song, ‘Major Gay was Heard to Say,’ sung by Sanford, Wilson, Queen and West, which was made funny by its dexterous rescue of the actors from the completest idiocy. Miss Jennie Hughes sung several serio-comic songs in an excellent manner. The final act, ‘Ambition,’ is an excellent though rude satire on our local politicians.”