Metropolitan Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
Metropolitan Theatre

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

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
3 September 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

26 Oct 1874, 8:00 PM
27 Oct 1874, 8:00 PM
28 Oct 1874, 2:00 PM
28 Oct 1874, 8:00 PM
29 Oct 1874, 8:00 PM
30 Oct 1874, 8:00 PM
31 Oct 1874, 2:00 PM
31 Oct 1874, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Davenport Brothers;  Picaut's Parisian Cancan Dancers;  Wills and Johnson [song and dance];  George [vocal/banjo] Warren;  J. Harry Clifford;  Harry Hart [Ethiopian Comedian];  Lotta Grant;  John Le Faver Manning;  Edith [actress] Bland;  John [comic vocalist] Goodman
2)
Pas de fascination, or, Catching a governor
aka Pas de fascination; Catching a governor; Lola Montes, or, A countess for an hour; Lola Montes; Lola Montez; Countess for an hour.
Text Author: Coyne
3)
Paris by moonlight, [sketch]
4)
German courtship
Participants:  Wills and Johnson [song and dance]
5)
Gymnastic routine
aka Gymnastic exercises; Ring feats; Gymnasium scene; Gems of the gymnasium
6)
Cancan
aka Can can
7)
Real essence of Moco
aka Essence of Moko
Participants:  J. Harry Clifford
8)
Wig maker
aka Wig makers
9)
Comic songs
Participants:  John [comic vocalist] Goodman

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 25 October 1874, 11.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 07 November 1874, 254.

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