McKean Buchanan gets better reviews because as the reporter said, he had Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pope with him, they rank as stars. Pope was Othello to Edwin Booth’s Iago at the Old Bowery in NYC. Mrs. Pope also had acted in Laura Keene’s company. Both Popes got silver rush mad and stayed in Nevada. […]
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McKean takes over Topliffe’s
After the San Francisco Minstrels moved on McKean moved his troupe into Topliffe’s Theatre.
Actor kills a guy – his theatre company leaves VC
Billy Sheppard of the SF minstrels is forced to kill a man in self defense. — May 12, 1863 —
