Metropolitan Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
Metropolitan Theatre

Manager / Director:
Violette Picaut

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
20 May 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

16 Jun 1874, 8:00 PM
17 Jul 1874, 8:00 PM
18 Jul 1874, 2:00 PM
18 Jul 1874, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Devere Brothers;  Picaut's Parisian Cancan Dancers;  John Le Faver Manning;  Maggie Weston
2)
Loan of a lover
aka Lend me your lover
Text Author: Planché
3)
Happy old man, The
Participants:  John Le Faver Manning
4)
Clog dance
aka Clog reel
Participants:  Devere Brothers
5)
Skeleton witness, The, [sketch]

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 14 July 1874, 7.

“A modern olio commences the enjoyment; prices as usual.”

2)
Review: New York Clipper, 25 July 1874, 134.

“The Metropolitan Theatre was re-opened under the management of Violette Picaut, on Thursday evening, July 16, in the presence of an audience which filled the theatre in every part, the lobbies and aisles being choked with persons unable to obtain seats. Rumors had been rife for some days prior to the opening that the cancan was to be produced with a breadth of style not to be witnessed even in its parent home, the Jardin Mabille, Paris, France; but, owing to the presence of some police captains and ex-police commissioners in a private box near the stage, the performers became terror-stricken, and little or no license was taken by the dancers. The auditors were disappointed, and made audible expression of their feelings. On the following evening the dancing was more racy, as there was apparently no restraining influence present. The attendance on the second night, although large for the season of the year, was about half that of the opening night.”