Twelve Temptations

Event Information

Venue(s):
Grand Opera House

Conductor(s):
William Withers, Jr.

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
23 June 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

17 May 1875, Evening
18 May 1875, Evening
19 May 1875, Evening
20 May 1875, Evening
21 May 1875, Evening
22 May 1875, Evening
22 May 1875, 2:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Twelve temptations
Text Author: McDonough, Foster
Participants:  Nelson Family [gymnasts];  Henrietta Irving;  J. L. [dog act] Davis;  Kathi [dancer] Lanner;  Fay [child vocalist] Templeton;  Lillie [soprano] Andrews;  Joseph Wheelock

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 16 May 1875, 11.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 18 May 1875, 7.

Program listing of the twelve number, with times.

3)
Review: New York Clipper, 29 May 1875, 70.

Program changes since last week. “The attendance has not been large, and would seem to indicate that the residents of that portion of the city do not care for spectacular dramas.”