Dundee Music Hall and Opera House programme 1, page 1

Worn black-and-white Dundee Music Hall and Opera House programme listing an evening's entertainment, including comic songs, sentimental ballads, burlesque performances, dancing, and musical acts, with performers' names and the running order printed on the front. — Dundee Music Hall and Opera House programme 1, page 1. Local History Centre Poster Collection, Dundee Central Library.

Open Dundee Music Hall and Opera House programme showing the printed lyrics of four songs: A Motto for Every Man, I'll Ask My Mother, Sweet County Clare, and Treat on the Tail of My Coat. The worn booklet has a torn centre fold and reflects the popular comic and sentimental songs performed in Victorian music halls. — Dundee Music Hall and Opera House, Programme 1, Pages 2-3. Local History Centre Poster Collection, Dundee Central Library.

Worn black-and-white Dundee Music Hall and Opera House song programme page featuring the lyrics to Sal and Methusalam, Champagne Charley, and When I Am Far Away, performed by Mr Gray, Mr Laroche, and Miss Clayton. The page is torn along the right edge and lower corner. — Dundee Music Hall and Opera House, Programme 1, Page 4. Local History Centre Poster Collection, Dundee Central Library.

Object name: Dundee Music Hall and Opera House programme 1, page 1

This printed programme lists the running order for an evening’s entertainment at Dundee Music Hall and Opera House. Audiences enjoyed a mixture of comic songs, sentimental ballads, burlesque performances, dance, and musical acts, ending with God Save the Queen. Unlike large advertising posters, programmes such as this guided audiences through the evening’s performances and offer a valuable insight into the variety of Victorian popular entertainment.

Dimensions: 25.0 x 16.0 cm

Production date: - 1866

Museum number: MH/DMH/17

Source collection: Local History Centre Poster Collection, Dundee Central Library

Source collection link: View source collection

Associated location: Dundee Music Hall & Opera House (1866-1888)

Notes:

DUNDEE MUSIC HALL
AND OPERA HOUSE.
Proprietors, Messrs. Macleod Brothers

PROGRAMME
OF THIS EVENING.

1.Overture, Band.

2.Irish Comic Song, Mr T. Coyne

3.Operatic Burlesque, Brothers Mortimer.

4.Comic Song, Mr. F. Laroche

5.Sentimental Song, Miss Agnes Clayton

6.Comic Song, Mr J. Layfield

7.One Legged Dance, Don Pattos

Comic Song, Mr. Gray

8. Irish Comic Song and Dance Mr. T. Coyne

9.Operatic Burlesque, Brothers Mortimer

10.COMIC SONG, Mr F. Laroche

11.Sentimental Song, Miss A. Clayton
12.Comic Song, Mr Layfield

Finale,—“God Save the Queen,” Band.

ON SATURDAY
Additions will be made to the above Programme, as the Entertainment commences an hour earlier than on other Nights.
This Programme is subject to alterations by the Proprietors or Manager.

SPECIAL NOTICE.
It is requested that the Audience will desist from Encoring when they hear the Bell rung twice, as that signifies that the Encore will be responded to.

BOWES BROTHERS, PRINTERS.