Tom Maguire’s horse “Bounce” won at the Trotter Races and later in the evening his show was a huge hit. The repertory that week included The Marble Heart, a one act called The Irish Tutor, or New Lights; Retribution, or A Husband’s Vengance; Limerick Boy with O’Neil as Paddy Miles; — The actors warn the […]
Dedication of the Opera House
Mrs. W.K. Cutler, the first woman in VC would occasionally stage benefits for the school system and she had been an actor back East and would join the show. The Glee Club sang ‘My Country Tis of Thee’ Charles Pope read ‘Washington’s Farewell Address’ and Thomas Fitch spoke “Ladies and Gentlemen … We are standing […]
McKean’s “Great Star Company” sells tickets
Tickets sold all day for the super company.Julia Hayne began the show by reading a poem about the Comstock. ST pg 135 — July 2, 1863 —