Metropolitan Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
Metropolitan Theatre

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

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
20 December 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

16 Nov 1874, 8:00 PM
17 Nov 1874, 8:00 PM
18 Nov 1874, 2:00 PM
18 Nov 1874, 8:00 PM
19 Nov 1874, 8:00 PM
20 Nov 1874, 8:00 PM
21 Nov 1874, 2:00 PM
21 Nov 1874, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Devere Brothers;  Picaut's Parisian Cancan Dancers;  George [vocal/banjo] Warren;  Harry Hart [Ethiopian Comedian];  Jennie Wade;  John E. [musket drill] Burk;  Jimmie [song and dance] Emerson;  gymnast Ala;  John [comic vocalist] Goodman;  Stevie Sarsfield;  Tommy Winnett;  Lottie Winnett;  Dolly [song and dance] Emerson
2)
O'Connell's dream
Participants:  Jimmie [song and dance] Emerson;  Dolly [song and dance] Emerson
3)
Song and dance
Participants:  Dolly [song and dance] Emerson
4)
"Fritz and Katrina"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Jimmie [song and dance] Emerson;  Dolly [song and dance] Emerson
5)
Two Schneiders, The
Participants:  Jimmie [song and dance] Emerson;  Dolly [song and dance] Emerson
6)
Zouave drill
aka Lightening Zouave drill
Participants:  John E. [musket drill] Burk
7)
Clog dance
aka Clog reel
Participants:  Devere Brothers;  Stevie Sarsfield
8)
Bone solo
aka bones solo
Participants:  John [comic vocalist] Goodman
9)
Forlorn travelers, The
Participants:  George [vocal/banjo] Warren;  Harry Hart [Ethiopian Comedian]
10)
Cancan
aka Can can

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 15 November 1874, 11.
2)
Review: New-York Times, 17 November 1874, 4.

Brief; no mention of music. 

3)
Review: New York Clipper, 28 November 1874, 278.

“…Miss Wade, who has a pleasing appearance and dresses with much taste, made only a moderate success as a serio-comic vocalist. Jimmy and Dollie Emmerson performed an Irish sketch called ‘O’Connell’s Dream.’ They are fair singers and dancers, but they should pay a little more attention to their costumes. Subsequently, Dollie Emmerson gave a song-and-dance. The Winnetts gave their Dutch character specialties, including ‘Fritz and Katrina,’ ‘The Two Schneiders,’ and imitations of drum-playing with their wooden shoes while dancing. They are good vocalists and excellent dancers, and their efforts were liberally applauded…”