Dundee Music Hall and Opera House programme 1, page 1

Worn black-and-white programme from Dundee Music Hall and Opera House listing an evening's entertainment, including comic songs, operatic burlesque, sentimental ballads, dance performances, and music by the house band, surrounded by decorative Victorian borders. — Dundee Music Hall and Opera House programme 1, page 1. Local History Centre Poster Collection, Dundee Central Library.

Single page from a Dundee Music Hall and Opera House programme, featuring printed song lyrics for “Sal and Methusalam,” “Champagne Charley,” and “When I Am Far Away,” performed by Mr Gray, Mr Laroche, and Miss Clayton. The page is worn and slightly torn at the bottom corner. — Dundee Music Hall and Opera House, Programme 1, Page 2. Local History Centre Poster Collection, Dundee Central Library.

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

This surviving programme guided audiences through an evening of entertainment at Dundee Music Hall and Opera House. The bill included comic and sentimental songs, operatic burlesque, dance performances, and musical interludes by the house band. Small printed programmes such as this provide a rare glimpse into the variety and pace of a typical Victorian music hall performance.

Dimensions: 26.0 x 16.0 cm

Production date: - 1866

Museum number: MH/DMH/16

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.