Tony Pastor’s Opera House

Event Information

Venue(s):
Tony Pastor's Opera House

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
26 October 2015

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

24 Dec 1866, Evening
25 Dec 1866, Matinee
25 Dec 1866, Evening
26 Dec 1866, Matinee
26 Dec 1866, Evening
27 Dec 1866, Evening
28 Dec 1866, Evening
29 Dec 1866, Matinee
29 Dec 1866, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Tony Pastor’s Company;  Thomas Grattan Riggs;  George F. McDonald [actor];  Dave [gymnast] Hawley;  Barry O'Neil [Irish songs]
2)
Irish songs
aka Irish melodies; Popular, national, and Irish airs; Hibernian songs
Participants:  Barry O'Neil [Irish songs]
3)
Little Tom Tucker, the good little boy who sang for his supper; or, Little Mattie

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Sun, 24 December 1866, 4.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 24 December 1866.
3)
Announcement: New York Herald, 25 December 1866, 8.
4)
Advertisement: New York Sun, 26 December 1866.
5)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 29 December 1866, 302.
6)
Review: New York Herald, 29 December 1866, 5.

“The programme at this favorite east side place of amusement is this week quite of a holiday character, calling into play the talents of the whole company. Tony Pastor himself was last evening out in a collection of new songs, which were received in the usually hearty manner. Mr. Dave Hawley, a gymnast of considerable ability, performed some very wonderful feats, both on the horizontal bar and the flying trapeze. Mr. Barry O’Neil gave some of the gems of ‘Ould Ireland’ in his usual good style. This gentleman is certainly one of the best delineators of Irish character now upon the American stage, and has become an especial favorite with the frequenters of the Opera House.”