Metropolitan Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
Metropolitan Theatre

Manager / Director:
Robert W. [manager] Butler

Price: $1; $.50; $.25

Event Type:
Minstrel, Play With Music, Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
28 June 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

27 Apr 1874, 7:45 PM
28 Apr 1874, 7:45 PM
29 Apr 1874, Matinee
29 Apr 1874, 7:45 PM
30 Apr 1874, 7:45 PM
01 May 1874, 7:45 PM
02 May 1874, Matinee
02 May 1874, 7:45 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Wayne and Lovely [song and dance];  Sanford and Wilson;  California Minstrels;  Master Barney;  Johnny [Ethiopian comedian] Queen;  Billy West;  Jennie [vocalist] Hughes;  Sam [comedian] Rickey;  Frank [Ethiopian comedian, musician] Jones;  Winetta Montague;  Ned [Ethiopian comedian] Fox;  Thomas E. [actor] Jackson;  Amy [serio-comic vocalist] Roberts;  Henry Sinclair
2)
"Think of me sometimes"
Composer(s): Thomas
Text Author: Enoch
3)
Nell Flaherty's drake
Participants:  Ned [Ethiopian comedian] Fox
4)
"Poor little nobody"
5)
"Heathen Chinee, The"
Composer(s): Boott
Text Author: Harte
Participants:  Billy West
6)
"Darling Daisy"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
7)
"Carry the news to Mary," [song]
Composer(s): Unknown composer
8)
Irish home, An
Text Author: Rickey
9)
I am boss
10)
Rustic prima donna, The

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 26 April 1874, 13.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 09 May 1874, 46.

“…Miss Amy Roberts, who made her debut on the stage, sang sentimental songs which met with a fair degree of favor. Future study and practice may possibly enable her to reach the position to which she aspires. She has a pleasing countenance, but was costumed somewhat peculiarly…”