Theater playbill for Tony Pastor and his travelling company, Ford's Opera House, Baltimore, April 12, 1875
Contributors: Williams, Gus, 1847-1915, performer; Williams, Gus, 1847-1915; Tony Pastor Company; Ford's Grand Opera House (Baltimore, Md.); Theater Playbills and Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: The Sun Job Printing Office
Published: 1875
Place of publication: Balt. [Baltimore]
Language: eng
Other titles: Tony Pastor and his travelling company; Tony Pastor and his traveling company, variety show [with extravagantic Ethiopian sketch, Ethiopian sketch, vocal specialty artists, comedians, gynmasts, and a concluding comic extravaganza].; Fishermen.; Nervous Dutchman.
Description: Ford's Opera House. John T. Ford, proprietor, B. Clay Ford, manager. One week only and Saturday matinee, commencing Monday, April 12th '75. "Tony Pastor and his Traveling Company Fifth Annual Tour!" Overture, H.T. Dyring and Orchestra. The extravagantic Ethiopian sketch, called "The Fishermen" ... the beautiful and gifted young artists, The Foy Sisters! ... the wondrous and charming young artists, Venus and Adonis in their beautiful performance on the velocipede. Tony Pastor in his own songs and sketches. The famed Irish comedians and vocalists, the Fieldings ... Miss Jennie Morgan in her artistic rendering of pupular songs and ballads. Comic musical interlude, entitled "The Black Troubadours!" ... The American star comique, Mr. Guss Williams ... McKee and Rogers ... Miss Ella Wesner! ... Mr. Harry Kernelll ... the most wonderful gymnasts on earth, the Garnella Brothers ... to conclude with the comic extravaganza, by Gus Williams, entitled "The Nervous Dutchman".
Notes: [Baltimore, Md.], Ford's Opera House, Monday, April 12, 1875.

Title devised from item captions by Library staff.

"The greatest combination yet. The best programme ever offered"--Image caption.

Cast: The Fishermen: Mr. Jas. Sanford, Mr. Chas. Wilson.

Cast: The Nervous Dutchman: Mr. Gus Williams, Mr. Frank Girard, Miss Bertha Foy, Miss Maggie Fielding.

Available in digital form on the Library of Congress Digital Collections Web site: Variety Stage: Theater Playbills and Programs under the title: Tony Pastor and his traveling company, variety show [with extravagantic Ethiopian sketch, Ethiopian sketch, vocal specialty artists, comedians, gynmasts, and a concluding comic extravaganza.

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