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 May 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

19 Jan 1874, 7:45 PM
20 Jan 1874, 7:45 PM
21 Jan 1874, Matinee
21 Jan 1874, 7:45 PM
22 Jan 1874, 7:45 PM
23 Jan 1874, 7:45 PM
24 Jan 1874, Matinee
24 Jan 1874, 7:45 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Schrotter Sisters;  Sanford and Wilson;  Helene [dancer] Smith;  Master Barney;  Johnny [Ethiopian comedian] Queen;  Add Ryman;  Billy West;  George F. [actor] Ketchum;  Johnny Hart;  Jennie [vocalist] Hughes;  Sam [comedian] Rickey;  E. D. [ventriloquist] Davies;  Edith [actress] Bland;  Charles [Ethiopian comedian] Worley;  Kate [dancer] Wilson
2)
"Pretty little Jesalee"
aka Pretty little Josalee; Pretty little Jessie
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Helene [dancer] Smith
3)
"Nobody's child"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Charles [Ethiopian comedian] Worley
4)
Little rebel, The
Text Author: Coyne
5)
Black dwarf, The
aka African dwarf; African dwarf Tommy
6)
Musical mokes, The
Participants:  Sanford and Wilson
7)
Rare high, the horse tamer
8)
Hotel runners, The

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 18 January 1874, 8.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 31 January 1874, 350.

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