Theater playbill for Landis' Opera Troupe at Melodeon, Washington, D.C., January 15, 1858

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Theater playbill for Landis' Opera Troupe at Melodeon, Washington, D.C., January 15, 1858

Melodeon, late Coombs' Hall, Penn. av. near 10th st. J.W. Landis, manager, M. Coombs, treasurer, J.K. Search, musical director and stage manager. Friday evening, January 15th, 1858. Twentieth night of Landis' Opera Troupe! Old song night. Benefit of R.C. Elliott. Revival of old songs, old sayings, &c., received on last Friday evening with shouts of applause. The entire company appear to-night in a varied and rich programme of the old and much admired songs of Negro Minstrelsy. A rich treat to-night, Go early! ... The whole to conclude with the celebrated statue dance by J.W. Landis & H.K. Johnson ...

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Table of Contents

Part one: Instrumental Overture: Wood up Quickstep / Mestayer & Co.
Opening Chorus: Come, Dearest Dinah / Troupe
Ballad: Nelly was a Lady / R.J. Buckley
Chant: My Brother Gum / Frank Weston
Ballad: Old Folks at Home / J.H. Ellis
Refrain: The Boatman's Dance /J.W. Landis
Refrain: Old Uncle Ned / T. Stone
Old Song: Mary Blane / J.K. Search
Ballad: My Mountain Kate / Frank Chrisopher
Comic Song: When I Lived in Old Virginia / R.C. Elliott
Old Song: I'm off for Charleston / T. Stone
Finale: Old Dan Tucker in English, French and Dutch / Troupe
Part Second: Violin Solo / H. Mestayer
Ballad / T. Stone
Plantation Jig / H.K. Johnson
Picayune Butler / by J.W. Landis, R.J. Buckley and Frank Weston
Fancy Dance / Master Wallace
Tamborine Solo / R.C. Elliott
Ballad / Frank Christopher
Song and Dance: Who's dat Nigger dar a Peeping / H.K. Johnson
Part Third: Quickstep: Winslow Blues / Mestayer & Co.
Song: The Old Pine Tree / RJ. Buckley
Refrain: Philadelphia Gals / J.W. Landis
Refrain: Good Bye, Linda / R.C. Elliott
Southern Chant: My Old Aunt Sally / J.K. Search
Comic Song: Katy Dean / Frank Weston
Finale: The Laughing Chorus / J.W. Landis & Troupe.

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"Monday evening, benefit of the Metropolitan Hook and Ladder Co. In active preparation and will speedily be produced with new scenery, decorations, dresses, tricks, and transformations, and all the original music, the celebrated pantomime of the Ravels, entitled Sam Patcheino, under the direction of Mallory and Search. Performance every Saturday afternoon at three o'clock"

In: American theater programs of the late 19th and 20th centuries (Library of Congress).

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Other Titles
Twentieth night of Landis' Opera Troupe! Old Song Night. Benefit of R.C. Elliott

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Library of Congress
Thr. A10 Box 2 no. 96

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1 sheet

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OL30386151M
LCCN
2014657540

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