Metropolitan Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
Metropolitan Theatre

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
12 May 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

25 May 1874, 8:00 PM
26 May 1874, 8:00 PM
27 May 1874, 2:00 PM
27 May 1874, 8:00 PM
28 May 1874, 8:00 PM
29 May 1874, 8:00 PM
30 May 1874, 2:00 PM
30 May 1874, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Martinetti Family;  Wilson Brothers [gymnasts];   All Right;  Leona [trapeze] Dare;  James [actor] Larkin;  Carrie Armstrong;  Ida [vocalist] Burt
2)
Swinging bamboo, The
Participants:   All Right
3)
Comic songs
Participants:  Ida [vocalist] Burt
4)
Schneider's courtship
Participants:  James [actor] Larkin;  Carrie Armstrong
5)
Trapeze act
aka Terrific trapeze; Swinging trapeze
Participants:  Leona [trapeze] Dare
6)
Jocko the monkey, [minstrel]
aka Jocko, a mischievous monkey; Monkeyana; Monkey act; Little Mac as the monkey
7)
Too late, [sketch]
aka Just too late
8)
Miseries of human life
aka Little miseries of human life

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 24 May 1874, 11.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 06 June 1874, 78.

“The attendance was moderate, and the season closed May 30.”