Tony Pastor’s Opera House

Event Information

Venue(s):
Tony Pastor's Opera House

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
16 August 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

15 Jan 1866, Evening
16 Jan 1866, Evening
17 Jan 1866, Matinee
17 Jan 1866, Evening
18 Jan 1866, Evening
19 Jan 1866, Evening
20 Jan 1866, Matinee
20 Jan 1866, Evening

Program Details

First appearance of Master Frank and W. H. Ashton.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Marie Bertha [dancer, actor];  Johnny Wild;  W. H. Ashton;  William M. (Billy) Reeve [actor];  Tony Pastor;  Josh Hart [actor, minstrel];  Maggie [dancer] Vernon;  Master Frank [contortionist]
2)
Nan and her two fathers
Participants:  Josh Hart [actor, minstrel]
3)
Ghost in the pawnbroker's shop, The
aka Ghost in a pawn shop ; Ghost in a pawnbroker's shop; Pawnbroker's ghost
4)
Burlesque opera sketch
aka Scenes at the opera; Ten minutes at the opera; Ten minutes at the Italian opera
5)
Damon and Pythias, [burlesque]
6)
Dance, unidentified
aka Extravaganza dance
Participants:  Maggie [dancer] Vernon
7)
Classical contortions
8)
Zingarella, La
Participants:  Marie Bertha [dancer, actor]
9)
Comic Irish song

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Herald, 15 January 1866, 5.

     “[F]irst appearance of the German wonder, Master Frank, seven years of age.”

2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 15 January 1866, 7.

     Other performers.

3)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 15 January 1866.