Metropolitan Theatre
Event Information
Venue(s):
Metropolitan Theatre
Manager / Director:
Robert W. [manager] Butler
Price: $1; $.50; $.25
Event Type:
Play With Music, Variety / Vaudeville
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
21 January 2026
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
29 Mar 1874, 7:45 PM30 Mar 1874, 7:45 PM
31 Mar 1874, Matinee
31 Mar 1874, 7:45 PM
01 Apr 1874, 7:45 PM
02 Apr 1874, 7:45 PM
03 Apr 1874, Matinee
03 Apr 1874, 7:45 PM
Performers and/or Works Performed
1)
Participants: Schrotter Sisters; Wayne and Lovely [song and dance]; Master Barney; Lizzette [actor, singer] Bernard; Billy West; George F. [actor] Ketchum; Jennie [vocalist] Hughes; Sam [comedian] Rickey; Thomas E. [actor] Jackson; Charles [Ethiopian comedian] Worley; Kate [dancer] Wilson; Lulu Francis
Citations
2)
“Miss Lulu Francis made her first appearance in this city at the Metropolitan Theatre, on March 30. She is of medium height, has a pleasing face, blonde hair, a well-moulded figure, and was attired in a neat costume of white silk, relieved by light blue, and of sufficient brevity to display plump limbs, encased at their lower extremities in boots of gold leather. Her vocal efforts, although not strictly artistic, apparently satisfied the audience, as she was twice recalled…”