Event Information

Venue(s):
Tony Pastor's Opera House

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
28 October 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

14 Dec 1874, Evening
15 Dec 1874, Matinee
15 Dec 1874, Evening
16 Dec 1874, Evening
17 Dec 1874, Evening
18 Dec 1874, Matinee
18 Dec 1874, Evening
19 Dec 1874, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Tony Pastor;  Frank [minstrel] Girard;  Larry Tooley;  George F. McDonald [actor];  J. C. Stewart;  Herbert Cawthorne;  Jimmie [song and dance] Emerson;  Billy [Ethiopian comedian] Barry;  Little Joe Cawthorne;  Dolly [song and dance] Emerson;  Ella [serio-comic vocalist] Mayo;  William Hoey;  Master John [song and dance] Collins
2)
Smoked out
Participants:  J. C. Stewart
3)
Soft soap
Participants:  Jimmie [song and dance] Emerson;  Dolly [song and dance] Emerson
4)
"My gal"
aka My girl
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Master John [song and dance] Collins
5)
"You never miss the water till the well runs dry"
aka You never miss the lager till the keg runs dry
Composer(s): Howard
Participants:  Tony Pastor
6)
Emigrants
Text Author: Unknown playwright
Participants:  Herbert Cawthorne;  Little Joe Cawthorne
7)
Musical mokes, The
Participants:  William Hoey
8)
Two boxers, The
9)
Village torment
10)
Comic songs
Participants:  Tony Pastor;  Ella [serio-comic vocalist] Mayo

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 13 December 1874, 4.

“Ladies admitted free on Tuesday and Friday evenings.”

2)
Review: New York Clipper, 26 December 1874, 310.

“…Master John Collins, a youth of some twelve Summers, made his first appearance on the professional stage. In the song and dance entitled ‘My Gal, My Gal,’ he evinced the possession of decided talent, which future practice will fully develop. He sings well, and is an excellent dancer….Miss Ella Mayo, who continued her serio-comic songs, has become a popular favorite…”