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Appendix: Database of Irish Vaudeville Acts 1865–1905 T his database lists Irish vaudeville acts as gleaned from the pages of US newspapers during the course of research for this book. It does not aim to be exhaustive, and for a number of the acts and per- formers listed, no further information was found in other archive sources. Nevertheless, the database gives a flavor of how Ireland and the Irish were presented on the vaudeville stage, and would be helpful in supporting fur- ther research. In compiling the database, the original sources have been abbreviated as follows: ADD Akron Daily Democrat (Akron, OH) AR Arizona Republican (Phoenix, AR) BDE Brooklyn Daily Eagle BDR Bisbee Daily Review (Bisbee, AR) BN Bourbon News (Paris, KY) CB Cairo Bulletin (Cairo, IL) CDL Cleveland Daily Leader (Cleveland, OH) CDN Charleston Daily News CF Cambria Freeman (Ebensburg, PA) CL Cleveland Leader (Cleveland, OH) CML Cleveland Morning Leader (Cleveland, OH) CS Coconino Sun (Flagstaff, AR) DA Daily Astorian (Astoria, OR) DB Daily Bulletin (Honolulu, HA) DC The Daily Critic (Washington, DC) DCJ Daily Capital Journal (Salem, OR) DCT The Times (Washington, DC) DD Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA) DG Daily Globe (St Paul, MN) DNR Daily National Republican (Washington, DC)

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Appendix: Database of Irish Vaudeville Acts 1865–1905

This database lists Irish vaudeville acts as gleaned from the pages of US newspapers during the course of research for this book. It does not aim to be exhaustive, and for a number of the acts and per-

formers listed, no further information was found in other archive sources. Nevertheless, the database gives a flavor of how Ireland and the Irish were presented on the vaudeville stage, and would be helpful in supporting fur-ther research. In compiling the database, the original sources have been abbreviated as follows:

ADD Akron Daily Democrat (Akron, OH) AR Arizona Republican (Phoenix, AR) BDE Brooklyn Daily Eagle BDR Bisbee Daily Review (Bisbee, AR) BN Bourbon News (Paris, KY) CB Cairo Bulletin (Cairo, IL) CDL Cleveland Daily Leader (Cleveland, OH) CDN Charleston Daily News CF Cambria Freeman (Ebensburg, PA) CL Cleveland Leader (Cleveland, OH) CML Cleveland Morning Leader (Cleveland, OH) CS Coconino Sun (Flagstaff, AR) DA Daily Astorian (Astoria, OR) DB Daily Bulletin (Honolulu, HA) DC The Daily Critic (Washington, DC) DCJ Daily Capital Journal (Salem, OR) DCT The Times (Washington, DC) DD Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA) DG Daily Globe (St Paul, MN) DNR Daily National Republican (Washington, DC)

176 Appendix

DP Daily Phoenix (Columbia, SC) DPL Daily Public Ledger (Maysville, KY) DT Daily Times (Richmond, VA) DYJ Yellowstone Journal (Miles City, MO) EA Elk Advocate (Elk County, PA) EB Evening Bulletin (Maysville, KY) EC Evening Critic (Washington, DC) ECJ Evening Capital Journal (Salem, OR) ES Evening Star (Washington, DC) ET Evening Times (Washington, DC) EW New York Evening World GDL Guthrie Daily Leader (Guthrie, OK) HEB Honolulu Evening Bulletin HG Hawaiian Gazette HJ Hancock Jeffersonian (Findlay, OH) HR Honolulu Republican HWN Highland Weekly News (Hillsborough, Highland County,

OH) KCJ Kansas City Journal KIA Kentucky Irish American LADH LA Daily Herald LAH LA Herald LDI Lancaster Daily Intelligencer (Lancaster, PA) LR Logan Republican (Logan, UT) MC Morning Call (San Francisco) MDA Memphis Daily Appeal MDL Marietta Daily Leader (Marietta, OH) MJ Minneapolis Journal MP Montana Post MT Morning Times (Washington, DC) NDU Nashville Daily Union NOC New Orleans Crescent NR National Republican (Washington, DC) NUA Nashville Union and American NYS New York Sun NYT New York Times NY Tribune New York Tribune ODB Omaha Daily Bee PCDR Petroleum Centre Daily Record (PA) PD Pittsburgh Dispatch

Appendix 177

PET Philadelphia Evening Telegraph PJ Perrysburg Journal (Perrysburg, OH) PS Paducah Sun (Paducah, KY) RD Richmond Dispatch (Richmond, VA) RDG Rutland Daily Globe (Rutland, VT) RT The Times (Richmond, VA) SAL San Antonio Light (San Antonio, TX) SCD Stark County Democrat (Canton, OH) SDR Springfield Daily Republic (Springfield, OH) SDRU Sacramento Daily Record-Union SFC San Francisco Call SGR Springfield Globe-Republic (Springfield, OH) SH Sunday Herald (Washington, DC) SHWNI Sunday Herald & Weekly National Intelligencer (Washington, DC) SLED Salt Lake Evening Democrat SLH Salt Lake Herald SLR St Louis Republic SMG Sunday Morning Globe (Washington, DC) SPA St Paul Appeal (St Paul, MN) SPDG St Paul Daily Globe (St Paul, MN) SPG St Paul Globe (St Paul, MN) SS Seattle Star ST Scranton Tribune (Scranton, PA) TC The Columbian (Bloomsburg, PA) TT Tacoma Times (Tacoma, WA) TTO Tiffin Tribune (Tiffin, OH) WAM Weekly Arizona Miner (Prescott, AR) WAT Whig and Tribune (Jackson, TN) WC Washington Critic WCE Wichita City Eagle (Wichita, KA) WDE Waco Daily Examiner (Waco, TX) WE Wichita Eagle (Wichita, KA) WS Watchman and Southron (Sumter, SC) WT Washington Times

178

Nam

e of

Act

Det

ails

Sour

ce

1865

“The

Hib

erni

con”

“A sp

lend

id p

anor

ama

of Ir

elan

d,”

with

a le

ctur

e by

Pro

fess

or M

cEvo

y, Ir

ish so

ngs b

y “M

isses

G

ooda

ll an

d Ta

ylor

,” an

d “c

omic

aliti

es”

from

Jo

hn H

eron

.

CM

L, F

ebru

ary

24, 1

865.

John

Her

onA

ppea

red

in “

The

Hib

erni

con”

in F

ebru

ary

and

Mar

ch 1

865,

in a

“mat

chle

ss d

elin

eatio

n of

Irish

ch

arac

ter.”

Pla

yed

the

char

acte

r of “

Barn

ey th

e G

uide

” in

“th

e ro

arin

g fa

rce

The

Irish

Lio

n.”

Thi

s cha

ract

er a

ppea

rs a

gain

in th

e H

iber

nico

ns

stag

ed in

186

7 an

d 18

70.

CM

L, M

arch

14,

186

5.

CL,

June

, 10

1865

.

Dan

Bry

ant

Rep

ort o

n th

e fo

rmer

bla

ckfa

ce p

erfo

rmer

’s Ir

ish

char

acte

rs a

s he

perf

orm

ed th

em in

Dub

lin.

Late

r rep

ort n

otes

that

he

had

a “b

rillia

nt c

aree

r as

a d

elin

eato

r of I

rish

char

acte

r.”

DN

R, J

uly

10, 1

865.

D

NR

, Sep

tem

ber 1

3,18

65.

J. J O

’Sul

livan

Irish

com

edia

n.C

DN

, Aug

ust 2

1,18

65.

Ben

Whe

eler

Irish

voc

alist

and

com

edia

n.N

DU

, Oct

ober

17,1

865.

Mr a

nd M

rs W

. J

Flor

ence

“The

Irish

Boy

and

Yan

kee

Girl

.” A

ppea

red

in sk

etch

es e

ntitl

ed “

Born

to G

ood

Luck

,” “M

ischi

evou

s Ann

ie,”

“Iris

h Li

on,”

“Tw

ice

Mar

ried,

” an

d “T

he Y

anke

e H

ouse

keep

er.”

DN

R, O

ctob

er 1

9, 1

865.

D

NR

, Oct

ober

20,

1865

.

Mr a

nd M

rs F

rank

Rea

Perf

orm

ed a

sele

ctio

n of

Am

eric

an, E

nglis

h,

Scot

tish,

and

Irish

mel

odie

s.D

NR

, Dec

embe

r 4,1

865.

179

1866

‘The

Irish

Rep

ublic

’A

circ

us-t

ype

show

, with

act

s inc

ludi

ng T

he

Feni

an B

roth

ers,

“cel

ebra

ted

acro

bats

and

tu

mbl

ers”

; a c

low

n na

med

Mr O

’Myh

oney

who

ju

mpe

d an

d so

mer

saul

ted

thro

ugh

a Br

itish

cr

own

plac

ed in

the

ring;

a “

lear

ned

elep

hant

” na

med

Mr S

wee

ney;

and

a m

usic

al in

terlu

de

entit

led

“How

Are

You

, Har

p of

Erin

.”

PET,

Mar

ch 1

7, 1

866,

3rd

Edn

.: 6.

The

Hib

erni

con

With

new

scen

es in

clud

ing

the

land

ing

of S

t Pa

tric

k in

Irel

and,

the

Batt

le o

f Clo

ntar

f and

a

lake

by

moo

nlig

ht.

CD

L, A

pril

26, 1

866.

“And

y Bl

ake,

Or T

he

Irish

Dia

mon

d”Sk

etch

con

clud

ing

a va

riety

bill

per

form

ed b

y W

alte

r Bra

y’s D

ram

atic

and

Con

cert

Tro

upe.

MP,

June

16,

186

6.

Mr a

nd M

rs W

.J Fl

oren

ce“M

r Flo

renc

e gi

ves h

is in

imita

ble

‘Pad

dy

Raf

fert

y’ a

nd th

e ‘R

etur

ned

Volu

ntee

r.’”

PET,

Sep

tem

ber 1

0,18

66, 4

th E

dn.:

8.

Dan

Bry

ant

Perf

orm

ed fo

ur d

iffer

ent c

hara

cter

s, sa

ng “

The

G

reen

Abo

ve th

e R

ed,”

and

danc

ed “

The

R

uctio

n Jig

” an

d “M

acgi

llicu

ddy’s

Ree

l.”

PET,

Nov

embe

r 17,1

866,

4th

Edn

.: 3.

Mr a

nd M

rs B

arne

y W

illia

ms

“Orig

inal

impe

rson

ator

s of I

rish

and

Yank

ee li

fe

in A

mer

ica

and

Euro

pe.”

PET,

Dec

embe

r 21,

186

6, F

ourt

h Ed

n.: 3

.

1867

“The

Hib

erni

con,

or,

A To

ur in

Irel

and”

A “m

usic

al a

nd p

anor

amic

exh

ibiti

on”

with

C

harle

s Mac

Evoy

in th

e rol

e of B

arne

y th

e Gui

de.

CD

N, M

ay 0

8, 1

867.

cont

inue

d

180

Nam

e of

Act

Det

ails

Sour

ce

“Our

Fat

her S

ould

C

harc

oal”

Irish

sket

ch.

PET,

Sep

tem

ber 3

, 186

7, 4

th E

dn.:

5.

Mr a

nd M

rs W

.H D

avis

App

eare

d in

a v

arie

ty e

nter

tain

men

t inc

ludi

ng

Irish

sing

ing.

EA, N

ovem

ber 7

, 186

7.

O’B

aldw

in“I

rish

gian

t and

pug

ilist

.”N

R, D

ecem

ber 1

3, 1

867.

1868

The

Flo

renc

es“D

elin

eatio

ns o

f Iris

h an

d Ya

nkee

cha

ract

ers.”

NO

C, M

arch

17,

186

8: 6

.“I

rish

Sold

ier”

A “c

omed

iett

a” p

erfo

rmed

at t

he V

arie

ties

The

atre

, New

Orle

ans.

NO

C, M

arch

18,

186

8: 4

.

Will

iam

Car

leto

nIr

ish c

omed

ian

and

voca

list.

PET,

July

20,

186

8, 5

th E

dn.:

8.“T

he N

ew H

iber

nico

n”“A

fine

mov

ing

pano

ram

a ill

ustr

atin

g so

me

of

the

mos

t str

ikin

g sc

ener

y in

the

old

coun

try.”

NYS

, Sep

tem

ber 7

, 186

8.

Miss

Sal

lie E

ldrid

geIr

ish “s

ongs

ter”

and

dan

cer.

NU

A, O

ctob

er 2

1, 1

868.

1869

Will

iam

Car

leto

n A

ppea

red

in a

bur

lesq

ue e

ntitl

ed “

The

Dub

lin

Dan

cing

Mas

ter.”

A

lso p

erfo

rmed

“hi

s gre

at Ir

ish c

hara

cter

, Pat

M

cCan

n.”

PET,

Mar

ch 9

, 186

9, 4

th E

dn.:

3.

PET,

Mar

ch 1

1, 1

869,

5th

Edn

.: 3.

Dan

Bry

ant

Perf

orm

ed “s

ome

livel

y sk

etch

es in

the

Hib

erni

an

line.”

NO

C, M

arch

21,

186

9, M

orni

ng E

dn.:

3.

John

Col

lins

Irish

com

edia

n an

d vo

calis

t.PE

T, M

ay 1

1, 1

869,

5th

Edn

.: 5.

181

G.H

. Gra

dyM

embe

r of a

trou

pe c

alled

Fou

r Sta

r Clo

wns

, in

whi

ch h

e per

form

ed Ir

ish a

nd D

utch

del

inea

tions

.H

J, M

ay 1

4, 1

869.

Fann

ie D

eVer

e an

d Fa

nny

May

Irish

jig

danc

ers.

MD

A, O

ctob

er 6

, 186

9.

1870

John

Col

lins

Irish

com

edia

n an

d vo

calis

t.PE

T, Ja

nuar

y 24

, 187

0, 4

th E

dn.:

5.“T

he H

iber

nico

n”En

tert

ainm

ent t

akin

g th

e fo

rm o

f a to

ur in

Ir

elan

d, w

ith m

usic

sung

by

Jerr

y C

ohan

who

pl

ayed

the

role

of B

arne

y th

e G

uide

.

CD

N, M

arch

19,

187

0.

CD

N, M

arch

22,

187

0.

Mr a

nd M

rs B

arne

y W

illia

ms

App

eare

d in

“Ir

ish c

omic

aliti

es.”

WA

M, A

pril

9, 1

870.

Har

ry a

nd R

ose

Wat

kins

“Iris

h de

linea

tions

.”M

DA

, May

2, 1

870.

Whe

eler

Fam

ilyIn

clud

ed M

r Whe

eler

as a

n Ir

ish c

omed

ian.

CF,

Aug

ust 4

, 187

0.Fr

ank

Dre

w“I

rish

com

edia

n, v

ocal

ist a

nd b

urle

sque

re

pres

enta

tive.”

PET,

Nov

embe

r 4, 1

870,

4th

Edn

.: 3.

McC

arth

y M

inst

rels

Incl

uded

Har

ry M

cCar

thy,

a “f

irst c

lass

min

stre

l an

d bu

rlesq

ue d

elin

eato

r of n

egro

cha

ract

er”

who

also

app

eare

d in

oth

er c

omic

cha

ract

ers

incl

udin

g N

ed R

yan,

the

Irish

em

igra

nt.

NU

A, D

ecem

ber 2

0, 1

870.

1871

Joe

Mur

phy

Perf

orm

ed Ir

ish, D

utch

, and

Eth

iopi

an

char

acte

rs.

ES, J

anua

ry 3

1, 1

871.

cont

inue

d

182

Nam

e of

Act

Det

ails

Sour

ce

Dr C

orry

’s Ir

elan

d in

Sh

ade

and

Suns

hine

“The

larg

est a

nd b

est p

anor

ama

of th

e Em

eral

d Is

le,”

acco

mpa

nied

by

song

s, sk

etch

es, d

ance

s, an

d Ir

ish v

ocal

ists a

nd c

omed

ians

.

PET,

Apr

il 7,

187

1, 5

th E

dn.:

3.

Ned

O’B

aldw

in, t

he

Irish

Gia

nt.

The

“cel

ebra

ted

cham

pion

of t

he fi

stic

are

na”

appe

ared

on

the

bill

at th

e O

lym

pic

Varie

ties.

MD

A, O

ctob

er 2

7, 1

871.

Kir

win

and

Bas

kin’

s H

iber

nian

Min

stre

lsIn

clud

ed A

cton

E. K

elly

as P

rofe

ssor

O

’Sha

ughn

essy

on

Hom

e an

d C

urre

nt A

ffairs

, an

d a

com

edia

n ca

lled

And

y C

arla

nd w

ho

impe

rson

ated

an

old

Irish

wom

an.

PCD

R, O

ctob

er 2

8, 1

871.

1872

John

Col

lins

Irish

com

edia

n.D

NR

, Jan

uary

22,

187

2.N

ed O

’Bal

dwin

, the

Ir

ish G

iant

Took

par

t in

a sp

arrin

g m

atch

at t

he V

arie

ties

thea

tre,

Pitt

sbur

gh.

NYS

, Feb

ruar

y 5,

187

2.

The

Car

leto

nsW

illia

m C

arle

ton

and

his w

ife a

ppea

red

in

“Gem

s of E

rin.”

WAT

, Feb

ruar

y 10

, 187

2.

NU

A, M

arch

2 1

872.

K

elly

An

Irish

com

edia

n w

ith D

’atal

le’s

Gai

etie

s C

omiq

ue tr

oupe

.D

NR

, Mar

ch 3

0, 1

872.

T.G

. Rig

gsIr

ish c

omed

ian.

MD

A, N

ovem

ber 1

1, 1

872.

1873

Pat R

oone

yPe

rfor

med

Irish

spec

ialti

es a

t Was

hing

ton’

s T

heat

re C

omiq

ue.

NR

, Feb

ruar

y 14

, 187

3.

183

Will

iam

Car

leto

n“D

istin

guish

ed Ir

ish c

omed

ian.

”N

R, F

ebru

ary

14, 1

873.

Jenn

y G

ilmer

“Ple

asin

g Ir

ish a

ctre

ss a

nd so

ngst

ress

.”N

R, F

ebru

ary

14, 1

873.

Act

on K

elly

App

eare

d as

Bar

ney

the

Gui

de in

Mac

Evoy

’s H

iber

nico

n.C

DN

, Feb

ruar

y 25

, 187

3.

“Iris

h Tu

tor”

A “r

ollic

king

farc

e” c

oncl

udin

g a

varie

ty b

ill a

t W

ashi

ngto

n’s T

heat

re C

omiq

ue.

ES, M

arch

19,

187

3.

The

Fie

ldin

gsA

ppea

red

in a

n Ir

ish sk

etch

ent

itled

“T

he

Begg

ars o

f Ire

land

.”N

YS, M

arch

28,

187

3.

Bake

r and

Far

ron

Perf

orm

ed D

utch

and

Irish

spec

ialti

es in

a sk

etch

en

title

d “C

hris

and

Lena

.”N

R, M

ay 1

6, 1

873.

“Mur

phy’s

Shi

rt”

Sket

ch c

oncl

udin

g va

riety

bill

at W

ashi

ngto

n’s

The

atre

Com

ique

.N

R, O

ctob

er 2

1, 1

873.

Shie

l Bar

ryPe

rfor

med

Irish

cha

ract

ers.

LAD

H, N

ovem

ber 1

1, 1

873.

1874

“Kee

gan’

s Tai

lor S

hop”

An

Irish

“com

edie

tta” t

hat p

ortr

ayed

“with

a br

oad

penc

il th

e con

tras

t bet

wee

n th

e Am

eric

an-I

rish

and

the o

ld-fa

shio

ned

folk

s of t

he E

mer

ald

Isle.

NYT

, Jan

uary

4, 1

874.

“Pat

and

Bid

dy”

Sket

ch re

ferr

ed to

as “

as Ir

ish a

s a g

reen

nec

k-tie

.”N

R, J

anua

ry 1

3, 1

874.

Dal

ley’s

Hist

oric

H

iber

nia

Pano

ram

ic v

iew

s of I

rela

nd to

geth

er w

ith Ir

ish

song

s and

sket

ches

.T

TO

, Feb

ruar

y 5,

187

4.

Mac

Evoy

’s N

ew

Hib

erni

con:

Or,

Irel

and

in A

mer

ica

Incl

uded

W. F

Law

lor a

s Bar

ney

the

Gui

de, N

eal

Con

way

per

form

ing

Irish

jigs

, and

the

singe

rs

Kat

e R

eilly

and

Mar

y M

cCre

a.

NU

A, F

ebru

ary

22, 1

874.

cont

inue

d

184

Nam

e of

Act

Det

ails

Sour

ce

Jose

ph M

urph

yA

ppea

red

in “

Irish

, Dut

ch, N

egro

, and

Chi

nese

co

med

y.”LA

DH

, Jul

y 23

, 187

4.

Bake

r’s G

rand

H

iber

nian

Gem

sA

pano

ram

a of

Irish

scen

ery,

inte

rspe

rsed

with

Ir

ish so

ngs a

nd c

hara

cter

s, on

the

bill

at th

e R

oyal

Haw

aiia

n T

heat

re.

HG

, Oct

ober

28,

187

4.

Hea

ley

and

Coh

an’s

Hib

erni

ana

Incl

uded

Jerr

y C

ohan

’s Ir

ish d

elin

eatio

ns.

SCD

, Dec

embe

r 31,

187

4: 5

.

1875

Mr M

aas

Part

of M

rs M

aas’s

Tro

upe,

in w

hich

he

perf

orm

ed a

s “a

perf

ect d

arke

y, an

inim

itabl

e D

utch

man

, [an

d] a

rolli

ckin

g Ir

ishm

an.”

DP,

Feb

ruar

y 25

, 187

5.

Dr H

eale

y’s H

iber

nian

G

ems

Incl

uded

Dan

Mor

ris a

s Bar

ney

the

Gui

de a

nd

Dub

lin D

an, C

on T

Mur

phy

as th

e le

ctur

er

and

tour

ist, J

osie

Mor

ris “

the

dear

litt

le Ir

ish

sham

rock

,” an

d N

ora

O’B

rien

“the

bea

utifu

l lit

tle Ir

ish c

olle

en.”

NU

A, M

arch

17,

187

5.

Mur

phy

and

Mor

ton

Irish

song

and

dan

ce a

rtist

s.N

R, M

arch

17,

187

5.Be

n W

heel

erIr

ish c

hara

cter

s.LA

DH

, Mar

ch 1

8, 1

875:

3.

Bord

wel

l’s M

irror

of

Irel

and

Incl

uded

the

Irish

Com

edy

Com

pany

.N

UA

, Mar

ch 2

5, 1

875.

Ed M

urra

y an

d A

lice

Ros

sIr

ish sk

etch

team

.N

R, M

arch

31,

187

5.

185

Har

ry K

erne

ll“M

irth-

prov

okin

g Ir

ish c

omed

ian.

”N

R, A

pril

13, 1

875.

Fran

k M

ara

Irish

com

edia

n.N

R, M

ay 3

, 187

5.W

illia

m a

nd S

adie

H

asso

n“I

rish

and

Neg

ro sk

etch

es.”

NR

, May

6, 1

875.

Bob

Scot

t“I

rish

char

acte

r, vo

calis

t, di

alog

ue a

nd sp

ecia

lty

artis

t.”N

R, M

ay 1

0, 1

875.

Billy

Car

roll

Irish

com

edia

n.N

R, J

une

8, 1

875.

Ann

ie a

nd A

ndy

Hug

hes

“Iris

h di

alec

t, so

ng a

nd d

ance

art

ists”

who

pe

rfor

med

in a

sket

ch e

ntitl

ed “

The

Irish

Se

rvan

ts.”

NR

, Aug

ust 2

3, 1

875.

N

R, A

ugus

t 25,

187

5.

Har

rigan

and

Har

tA

ppea

red

in n

ew p

lay

entit

led

“The

Doy

le

Brot

hers

.”N

R, S

epte

mbe

r 20,

187

5.

Jam

es W

elch

and

Mau

d Le

moi

neIr

ish sk

etch

art

ists.

NR

, Sep

tem

ber 1

8, 1

875.

N

R, N

ovem

ber 2

5, 1

875.

M

cCul

loug

h an

d Fr

iels

Irish

cha

ract

eriz

atio

ns.

NR

, Sep

tem

ber 2

8, 1

875.

Mac

Evoy

’s N

ew

Hib

erni

con

Irish

com

edy

and

spec

ialty

com

pany

, inc

ludi

ng

the

Hib

erni

an M

inst

rels.

MD

A, D

ecem

ber 1

5, 1

875.

C

B, D

ecem

ber 1

6, 1

875.

1876

Mur

phy

and

Mac

kIr

ish c

hara

cter

art

ists.

NR

, Jan

uary

24,

187

6.Jo

hn a

nd M

aggi

e Fi

eldi

ngIr

ish c

hara

cter

art

ists.

NR

, Feb

ruar

y 7,

187

6.

John

Will

iam

sIr

ish so

ngs a

nd d

ance

s.N

R, F

ebru

ary

22, 1

876.

cont

inue

d

186

Nam

e of

Act

Det

ails

Sour

ce

Con

roy

and

Dal

yIr

ish c

omed

ians

, app

eare

d in

a sk

etch

ent

itled

“T

roub

les i

n a

Tene

men

t.”BD

E, M

ay 2

, 187

6: 4

.

McG

ill a

nd S

tron

g’s

Min

stre

l Com

pany

Pano

ram

ic v

iew

s of I

rela

nd to

geth

er w

ith

sket

ches

and

song

s. C

ompa

ny w

as h

eade

d by

Sa

die

McG

ill a

nd B

ryan

O’L

ynn.

RD

G, M

ay 2

5, 1

876.

Dan

Nas

hIr

ish c

omed

ian.

RD

G, O

ctob

er 2

0, 1

876.

Hug

h Fa

yIr

ish c

omed

ian.

NR

, Nov

embe

r 16,

187

6.Sc

anla

n an

d C

roni

nIr

ish c

omed

ians

.N

R, N

ovem

ber 2

0, 1

876.

1877

Shee

han

and

Jone

sIr

ish c

omed

ians

.N

R, O

ctob

er 2

9, 1

877.

Ferg

uson

and

Mac

k“A

utoc

rats

of I

rish

com

edy.”

NR

, Oct

ober

19,

187

7.J.

F W

ard

Irish

com

edia

n.N

R, D

ecem

ber 1

7, 1

877.

1878

Hea

ley’

s Hib

erni

an

Min

stre

lsIn

clud

ed M

cEvo

y’s H

iber

nian

Irish

Brig

ade.

WC

E, Ja

nuar

y 3,

187

8.

Sello

n an

d Bu

rns

“The

Irish

Gia

nts.”

NR

, Feb

ruar

y 26

, 187

8.M

alki

n an

d Br

yan

Irish

com

edia

ns.

NR

, Aug

ust 2

6, 1

878.

Mau

d Pa

lmer

Perf

orm

ed “

Irish

gem

s.”N

R, A

ugus

t 26,

187

8.M

acki

n an

d Br

yant

Perf

orm

ed Ir

ish sp

ecia

lties

.N

R, S

epte

mbe

r 3, 1

878.

187

Hib

erni

an T

roub

adou

rs“D

elin

eato

rs o

f pur

e an

d un

adul

tera

ted

Irish

wit

and

com

edy.”

HW

N, S

epte

mbe

r 26,

187

8.

Billy

and

Nel

lie H

asso

nIr

ish sk

etch

team

.N

R, N

ovem

ber 1

9, 1

878.

Ger

in a

nd H

ayde

nG

erm

an a

nd Ir

ish sp

ecia

lties

.D

G, N

ovem

ber 2

2, 1

878.

1879

“The

Irish

Pia

no-F

our”

Com

edy

sket

ch.

NR

, Jul

y 1,

187

9.D

ick

and

Fitz

gera

ldPe

rfor

med

“Et

hiop

ian

scen

es”

and

“Iris

h di

alec

t re

cita

tions

.”D

G, N

ovem

ber 5

, 187

9.

Dea

na a

nd Jo

hn

Shep

ard

Irish

sket

ch te

am.

DG

, Nov

embe

r 23,

187

9.

1880

Billy

Wyl

ieIr

ish c

omed

ian,

refe

rred

to a

s “a

varie

ty a

ctor

of

som

e re

puta

tion.

” LD

I, Ja

nuar

y 1,

188

0.

LDI,

Janu

ary

6, 1

880.

H

arry

and

John

Ker

nell

“Orig

inal

Irish

com

ique

s.”LD

I, Ja

nuar

y 6,

188

0.G

eorg

e W

. Hun

ter

Irish

com

edia

n.LD

I, Fe

brua

ry 1

3, 1

880.

Arc

hie

McC

arth

y, “t

he

Irish

neg

ro.”

Perf

orm

ed th

e ch

arac

ter “

McC

orm

ick

the

Cop

per”

with

the

New

Orle

ans M

inst

rels.

DD

, Mar

ch 5

, 188

0.

How

ard

and

Coy

ne“G

reat

impe

rson

ator

s of I

rish

char

acte

r.”SH

, Mar

ch 2

1, 1

880.

Con

way

and

Ega

nIr

ish v

ocal

ists a

nd d

ance

rs.

SH, A

pril

4, 1

880.

cont

inue

d

188

Nam

e of

Act

Det

ails

Sour

ce

1881

Dan

Mor

ris S

ulliv

an’s

“Mirr

or o

f Ire

land

” an

d th

e Ir

ish C

omed

y C

ompa

ny.

Prog

ram

me

incl

uded

“A T

rip T

hrou

gh th

e Em

eral

d Is

le.”

SDRU

, Mar

ch 2

1, 1

881.

Gus

Hill

’s Va

rietie

sVa

riety

com

pany

incl

udin

g “D

utch

, Iris

h an

d N

egro

ecc

entr

iciti

es.”

DA

, Apr

il 17

, 188

1.

Ferg

uson

and

Mac

kIr

ish c

omed

ians

.LD

I, M

ay 2

6, 1

881.

Har

ry M

ulle

nIr

ish c

omed

ian.

EC, J

uly

25, 1

881.

Kel

ly a

nd H

anly

Irish

sket

ch a

rtist

s.T

C, A

ugus

t 5, 1

881.

Hea

ley’

s Hib

erni

an

Min

stre

lsSh

ow in

clud

ed tw

o Ir

ish “e

nd m

en,”

nine

teen

va

udev

ille

artis

ts, a

nd “

the

beau

tiful

scen

ery

of

Irel

and.

LDA

, Sep

tem

ber 1

7, 1

881.

1882

“Mul

doon

’s Pi

cnic

”“T

hat f

unni

est o

f Iris

h sk

etch

es,”

with

the d

ialec

t ac

tors

John

Gilb

ert a

nd Jo

hn H

art a

s the

char

acte

rs

of M

ike M

uldo

on a

nd D

enni

s Mul

cahe

y.

LDI,

Febr

uary

8, 1

882.

“Mul

doon

’s Bl

unde

rs, o

r T

hat M

an F

rom

Gal

way

”K

elly

and

Rya

n co

med

y sk

etch

. LD

I, Fe

brua

ry 1

5, 1

882.

LD

I, Fe

brua

ry 1

6, 1

882.

“I

rish

Serv

ants

”A

“lau

ghab

le Ir

ish sk

etch

” pe

rfor

med

by

a te

am

calle

d T

he T

wo

Hug

hes.

OD

B, M

arch

6, 1

882:

8.

189

Flor

a M

oore

Perf

orm

ed Ir

ish so

ngs a

nd im

itatio

ns.

OD

B, M

arch

6, 1

882:

8.

Jas C

. Ken

nery

and

C

has H

agen

Irish

team

.W

DE,

Mar

ch 1

8, 1

882.

Cha

rles M

cCar

thy

and

Geo

rge

Mon

roe

App

eare

d in

a “

Chi

nese

Irish

sket

ch.”

NR

, Jun

e 5,

188

2.

Padd

y an

d El

la M

urph

y“R

efin

ed Ir

ish sk

etch

art

ists.”

EC, J

uly

3, 1

882.

Mag

gie

Clin

e“D

elin

eato

r of I

rish

com

ical

ities

.”EC

, Jul

y 17

, 188

2.“T

he Ir

ish E

mig

rant

s”Sk

etch

feat

urin

g th

e di

alec

t tea

m M

ark

and

Vale

ntin

e.D

G, J

uly

30, 1

882.

“Iris

h W

idow

s”Sk

etch

feat

urin

g th

e Ir

ish c

omed

ians

Con

don

and

Cav

y.EC

, Aug

ust 2

2, 1

882.

“Iris

h Pa

trol

”Sk

etch

incl

uded

on

varie

ty b

ill a

t the

Ful

ton

Ope

ra H

ouse

.LD

I, A

ugus

t 26,

188

2.

Kel

ly a

nd R

yan

Perf

orm

ance

com

prise

d of

“lo

cal t

ake-

offs

and

Irish

wit.

”O

DB,

Dec

embe

r 2, 1

882.

“O’R

eilly

’s Pa

rty”

Irish

sket

ch fe

atur

ing

Mur

ray

and

Mur

phy,

conc

lude

d a

min

stre

l sho

w b

y “T

he B

ig F

our”

M

inst

rel C

ompa

ny.

DG

, Dec

embe

r 10,

188

2.

Kel

ly a

nd R

yan

“A v

ery

refin

ed a

nd p

leas

ing

Irish

sket

ch.”

SLH

, Dec

embe

r 14,

188

2.Fl

ora

Moo

re“O

ne o

f the

bes

t fem

ale

Irish

spec

ialty

pe

rfor

mer

s on

the

Am

eric

an st

age.”

SLH

, Dec

embe

r 14,

188

2.

cont

inue

d

190

Nam

e of

Act

Det

ails

Sour

ce

1883

“McS

orle

y’s In

flatio

n”H

arrig

an a

nd H

art p

lay.

NY

Trib

une,

Janu

ary

28, 1

883:

7.

Mur

phy

and

Mac

kIr

ish im

pers

onat

ors.

NR

, Feb

ruar

y 2,

188

3: 6

.El

len

Bank

s“T

he o

nly

lady

in th

e co

untr

y w

ho d

oes I

rish

char

acte

r in

mal

e at

tire.”

DG

, Feb

ruar

y 18

, 188

3: 6

.

“Squ

atte

r Sov

erei

gnty

”H

arrig

an a

nd H

art p

lay,

“illu

stra

t[ing

] the

life

of

the

‘shan

ty Ir

ish’ o

n th

e ou

tski

rts o

f New

Yor

k.”

DG

, Feb

ruar

y 18

, 188

3: 4

.

Han

ley

and

Loga

nA

ct b

illed

as “

The

Sle

nder

Six

Foo

t Nig

s.”D

G, A

pril

8, 1

883:

7.

The

Fou

r Sha

mro

cks

Irish

var

iety

team

, app

eare

d in

a sk

etch

ent

itled

“F

elix

Bra

dley

’s Su

rpris

e.”BD

E, M

ay 1

3, 1

883:

2.

Swee

ny a

nd R

ylan

dBi

lled

as th

e “I

rish

auto

crat

s.”D

G, J

une

24, 1

883:

1.

Belle

Gra

yIr

ish c

hara

cter

art

ist.

DG

, Jun

e 24

, 188

3: 6

.Ba

rry

and

Fay

Tour

ed N

ew E

ngla

nd w

ith th

eir I

rish

Aris

tocr

acy

Com

pany

.D

G, A

ugus

t 29,

188

3.

1884

“Mul

cahy

’s Ju

bile

e”Ir

ish p

lay

perf

orm

ed a

t Ton

y Pa

stor

’s th

eatr

e fe

atur

ing

Dan

Sul

ly.N

YS, J

anua

ry 2

9, 1

884.

Mor

ren

and

Nor

ton

“The

nea

t Iris

h sk

etch

team

.”SP

DG

, Mar

ch 2

, 188

4: 6

.“I

rish

Aris

tocr

acy”

With

Hug

h Fa

y as

“th

e w

ould

-be

arist

ocra

tic

Irish

man

” an

d Bi

lly B

arry

as “

his j

olly

old

-fa

shio

ned

frie

nd.”

SPD

G, M

arch

20,

188

4.

191

The

Irish

Fou

rVa

riety

team

.SL

H, A

pril

6, 1

884.

McG

owan

and

O’N

eill

Irish

sket

ch te

am.

DYJ

, May

11,

188

4.Sh

erid

an a

nd F

lynn

Bille

d as

“T

he M

ilesia

n M

imic

s,” a

ppea

red

in a

n Ir

ish sk

etch

ent

itled

“T

he C

rank

y M

icks

.”SA

L, M

ay 1

7, 1

884.

The

Car

leto

nsIr

ish te

am.

DYJ

, May

22,

188

4.Ed

C. K

enne

dyIr

ish c

omed

ian.

SPD

G, S

epte

mbe

r 21,

188

4: 6

.T

he F

our C

omet

sVa

udev

ille

team

incl

udin

g tw

o pe

rfor

mer

s “of

th

e ol

d hu

mor

ous t

ype

of H

iber

nian

s.”SP

DG

, Nov

embe

r 24,

188

4: 5

.

Sulli

van

and

Cas

eyPe

rfor

med

“br

eakn

eck

Irish

song

s and

dan

ces.”

SPD

G, N

ovem

ber 2

4, 1

884:

5.

1885

“The

Em

igra

nts”

Sket

ch fe

atur

ing

Bake

r and

Far

ron

that

incl

uded

“I

rish

busin

ess.”

SGR

, Feb

ruar

y 22

, 188

5.

Wel

ker a

nd H

ucki

nsIr

ish sk

etch

team

.SG

R, M

ay 3

, 188

5.“D

ynam

ite”

Irish

com

edy

with

Bar

ry a

nd F

ay.

SPD

G, M

ay 1

8, 1

885:

8.

Billy

Wol

fIr

ish c

omed

ian.

SAL,

June

8, 1

885.

“Tw

o M

en o

f San

dy

Bar”

Irish

com

edy

afte

rpie

ce w

ith D

onne

lly a

nd

Dre

w.SP

DG

, Jul

y 22

, 188

5: 3

.

“Unn

eigh

borly

N

eigh

bors

”Ir

ish c

omed

y af

terp

iece

with

Don

nelly

and

Dre

w.SP

DG

, Jul

y 29

, 188

5: 3

.

“Rile

y’s B

irthd

ay P

arty

”Ir

ish c

omed

y af

terp

iece

with

Don

nelly

and

Dre

w.SP

DG

, Aug

ust 6

, 188

5: 3

.

cont

inue

d

192

Nam

e of

Act

Det

ails

Sour

ce

“The

Big

Ham

Bon

e”Ir

ish c

omed

y af

terp

iece

with

Don

nelly

and

D

rew.

SAL,

Nov

embe

r 12,

188

5.

O’B

rien

and

Red

ding

Irish

sket

ch a

rtist

s.SP

DG

, Nov

embe

r 15,

188

5.“T

rale

e”Ir

ish c

omed

y af

terp

iece

with

Don

nelly

and

Dre

w.SA

L, N

ovem

ber 2

8, 1

885.

“Mrs

Mal

oney

’s Bo

arde

rs”

Irish

com

edy

afte

rpie

ce w

ith D

onne

lly a

nd D

rew.

SAL,

Nov

embe

r 28,

188

5.

1886

How

orth

’s H

iber

nica

Show

pre

sent

ing

“pan

oram

ic v

iew

s of t

he

Emer

ald

Isle

” an

d in

clud

ing

a co

med

y pi

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arty

and

Rey

nold

sIr

ish sk

etch

art

ists a

nd d

ance

rs.

SPD

G, M

ay 2

6, 1

895:

8.

Mile

s and

Irel

and

Irish

dan

cers

.SP

DG

, Jun

e 26

, 189

5: 4

.Jo

hn K

erne

llA

ppea

red

in “

McF

adde

n’s E

lope

men

t,” re

ferr

ed

to a

s “th

orou

ghly

cle

an a

nd w

hole

som

e in

tone

.”R

D, A

ugus

t 15,

189

5: 4

.

Rus

sell

Brot

hers

App

eare

d in

sket

ch e

ntitl

ed “

The

Tw

o O

ff-un

s.”M

T, S

epte

mbe

r 29,

189

5, P

art I

I: 12

.G

ilmor

e an

d Le

onar

d“R

epre

sent

ativ

e Ir

ish c

omed

ians

.”M

T, O

ctob

er 1

3, 1

895,

Par

t II:

12.

Polli

e H

olm

es“T

he Ir

ish D

uche

ss.”

MT

Oct

ober

27,

189

5, P

art I

I: 12

.M

cAvo

y an

d M

ayIr

ish c

omed

ians

.ET

, Dec

embe

r 14,

189

5: 3

.

1896

Jest

er“T

he Ir

ish v

entr

iloqu

ist.”

OD

B Ja

nuar

y 21

, 189

6: 8

.“T

he A

rriv

al o

f M

cGui

nnes

s”Ir

ish sk

etch

feat

urin

g th

e te

am o

f Hug

hes,

Mor

ton,

McB

ride

and

Wal

ton.

BDE,

Feb

ruar

y 16

, 189

6: 2

3.

Lalo

r and

Che

ster

“The

Irish

Lor

ds.”

MT,

Apr

il 26

, 189

6, P

art I

I: 12

.M

orto

n an

d M

ack

“Iris

h co

med

ians

, bag

pipe

pla

yers

and

dan

cers

.”SF

C, M

ay 3

, 189

6: 2

4.Ed

San

ford

and

Jam

es

Lee

Irish

and

Dut

ch te

am.

MT,

May

19,

189

6: 4

.

Her

bert

Caw

thor

neIr

ish c

omed

ian.

MT,

June

7, 1

896,

Par

t II:

13Le

slie

and

Tenl

eyIr

ish c

omed

ians

.M

T S

epte

mbe

r 1, 1

896:

5.

Ed R

odge

rsIr

ish c

omed

ian

and

danc

er.

RD

, Sep

tem

ber 4

, 189

6: 2

.

201

“One

Pha

se o

f Life

”Va

udev

ille

sket

ch p

erfo

rmed

at P

roct

or’s

thea

tre

feat

urin

g a

tram

p an

d th

e Ir

ish w

ife o

f a fa

rmer

.N

YS, N

ovem

ber 1

1, 1

896:

7.

Edw

ard

Hef

fern

an“T

he c

leve

r Iris

h m

onol

ogui

st.”

SFC

Nov

embe

r 27,

189

6: 7

.R

usse

ll Br

othe

rsA

ppea

red

in a

n “u

p-to

-dat

e” v

ersio

n of

“Ir

ish

Serv

ant G

irls.”

MT,

Dec

embe

r 8, 1

896:

4.

1897

Perr

y an

d Bu

rns

“Som

e cl

ever

Irish

wor

k.”

ET, J

anua

ry 1

9, 1

897:

5.

Gra

cie

and

Rey

nold

sIr

ish c

omed

ians

.ET

, Feb

ruar

y 17

, 189

7: 4

.D

illon

and

Gar

land

Irish

sket

ch a

rtist

s.O

DB,

Mar

ch 2

1, 1

897:

13.

Con

roy

and

McD

onal

dIr

ish c

omed

ians

.SP

G, A

pril

13, 1

897:

4.

“Mar

y M

cFad

den’

s Ec

cent

riciti

es”

Irish

com

edy

sket

ch.

ST, A

pril

17, 1

897:

5.

Dan

McC

arth

yA

ppea

red

in sk

etch

ent

itled

“D

omin

ick,

Min

d th

e Ba

by.”

ET, A

pril

29, 1

897.

Con

roy

and

McF

arla

ndIr

ish c

omed

ians

.N

YS, M

ay 2

, 189

7: 1

0.Le

land

and

Les

lieIr

ish b

oxin

g ac

t.O

DB,

June

14,

189

7.K

enne

dy a

nd B

ryce

Irish

com

edia

ns.

ET, J

une

26, 1

897:

4.

Fran

cis B

ryan

tIr

ish m

onol

ogue

art

ist.

SFC

, Jul

y 23

, 189

7: 7

.Ba

rney

Fer

guso

nIr

ish c

omed

ian.

ET, A

ugus

t 25,

189

7.C

onro

y an

d M

cFar

land

“Exp

onen

ts o

f Iris

h co

med

y.”ET

, Aug

ust 2

5, 1

897.

cont

inue

d

202

Nam

e of

Act

Det

ails

Sour

ce

Dav

e C

onro

y an

d Ph

il M

cFar

land

Irish

com

edia

ns.

DC

T, A

ugus

t 29,

189

7, P

art I

I: 13

.

Mar

ron

and

Jam

esBi

lled

as “

The

Boy

s of K

ilken

ny.”

RD

, Aug

ust 3

1, 1

897:

4.

The

Ros

sley

Brot

hers

Irish

cha

ract

er c

omed

ians

and

dan

cers

.R

T, S

epte

mbe

r 1, 1

897:

6.

Dic

k Sa

nds

“P. T

Bar

num

’s or

igin

al Ir

ish w

oman

.”R

D, S

epte

mbe

r 1, 1

897:

4.

John

Bro

ckIr

ish c

omed

ian.

DC

T, O

ctob

er 3

1 18

97, P

art I

I: 16

.D

an G

race

y an

d A

da

Burn

ett

App

eare

d in

an

Irish

com

edy

sket

ch.

BDE,

Nov

embe

r 7, 1

897:

24.

McC

ale

and

McD

anie

ls,

“The

Am

eric

an M

acs”

Irish

com

edia

ns.

KC

J, N

ovem

ber 1

4,18

97: 9

.

Finl

ey a

nd T

uhey

“Iris

h da

ncer

s and

bag

pipe

s.”N

Y Tr

ibun

e, N

ovem

ber 2

1, 1

897:

10.

1898

Con

roy

and

McF

arla

ndIr

ish c

omed

ians

.D

CT,

Janu

ary

20, 1

898:

4.

Nel

lie W

ater

s“S

inge

r of I

rish

and

negr

o so

ngs.”

DC

T, Ja

nuar

y 20

, 189

8: 4

.D

aly

and

Dev

ere

“Tw

o of

the

clev

eres

t com

edy

sket

ch a

rtist

s in

the

rank

s of v

aude

ville

.” M

r Dal

y pl

ayed

an

Irish

w

ashe

r wom

an.

MD

L, F

ebru

ary

17, 1

898.

Ahe

rn a

nd P

atric

kA

ppea

red

in a

n “I

rish

trav

esty

” en

title

d “T

he

Cop

per a

nd th

e K

id.”

KC

J, M

arch

17,

189

8: 1

2.

Boge

rt a

nd O

’Brie

n“E

ccen

tric

mus

ical

com

edia

ns.”

KC

J, M

arch

20,

189

8: 9

.

203

Gilm

ore

and

Leon

ard

Vaud

evill

e com

edia

ns k

now

n as

“Ire

land

’s K

ings

.”SP

A, M

arch

19,

189

8.M

orto

n an

d Sl

ater

Hea

ded

a va

udev

ille

prog

ram

me

perf

orm

ed

by S

hea’s

Com

edia

ns a

t the

Lin

den

The

atre

, Sc

rant

on O

H. M

orto

n an

d Sl

ater

app

eare

d in

“a

very

am

usin

g Ir

ish sk

etch

.”

ST, A

pril

12, 1

898.

Gan

non

Brot

hers

“The

gre

ates

t of a

ll kn

ocka

bout

Irish

sket

ch te

ams.”

EB, J

une

4, 1

898.

Perr

y an

d Bu

rns

Irish

dia

lect

act

.R

D, J

uly

12, 1

898:

2.

John

T. T

iern

eyPe

rfor

mer

with

Irish

bro

gue.

RD

, Jul

y 12

, 189

8: 2

.M

cDon

ald

Brot

hers

Dut

ch a

nd Ir

ish c

omed

ians

.R

T, Ju

ne 2

4, 1

898.

Perr

y an

d Bu

rns

“Iris

h sin

ging

and

talk

ing

com

edia

ns.”

RT,

July

9, 1

898.

Wak

efie

ld“T

he Ir

ish D

uke.”

OD

B, A

ugus

t 24,

189

8: 8

.M

cCar

thy

and

Rey

nold

sIr

ish c

hara

cter

sket

ch a

rtist

s.R

D, A

ugus

t 27,

189

8: 4

.Sh

eeha

n an

d K

enne

dy“I

rish

trav

esty

act

ors.”

ET, S

epte

mbe

r 3, 1

898:

8.

“Cas

ey’s

Wife

”Je

wish

-Iris

h co

med

y sk

etch

.SP

A, O

ctob

er 8

, 189

8.Jo

hn S

hann

on a

nd

Har

ry O

sgoo

d“N

egro

and

Irish

com

edia

ns.”

Osg

ood

play

ed th

e Ir

ish c

hara

cter

.O

DB,

Oct

ober

16,

189

8: 1

5.

Touh

ey a

nd M

ack

Act

sing

ing

Irish

song

s.ET

, Oct

ober

25,

189

8: 8

.C

onro

y an

d M

cCoy

Irish

com

edia

ns.

SPG

, Dec

embe

r 18,

189

8: 2

6.“A

Wom

an in

the

Cas

e”A

n Ir

ish fa

rce

com

edy

feat

urin

g “h

igh-

clas

s”

vaud

evill

e pe

rfor

mer

s inc

ludi

ng B

artle

tt a

nd

May

, the

Han

leys

and

Lea

Pea

sley.

PJ, D

ecem

ber 2

4, 1

898.

cont

inue

d

204

Nam

e of

Act

Det

ails

Sour

ce

1899

Dan

Gra

cey

Irish

com

edia

n.D

CT,

Janu

ary

5, 1

899:

5.

The

Naw

ns“I

deal

imita

tors

of I

rish

char

acte

r.”SP

G, J

anua

ry 1

5, 1

899:

20.

Leon

ard

and

Fulto

nPe

rfor

med

“som

ethi

ng in

the

line

of Ir

ish

com

edy.”

KC

J, Ja

nuar

y 19

, 189

9: 3

.

Con

roy

and

McD

onal

d“I

rish

singe

rs, d

ance

rs a

nd st

oryt

elle

rs.”

OD

B, Ja

nuar

y 31

, 189

9: 2

.T

he C

olum

bian

Fou

rA

ct in

clud

ed “

very

cle

ver i

mita

tions

of C

hine

se,

Engl

ish, G

erm

an, I

rish,

Sco

tch

and

negr

o ba

nds.”

SPG

Mar

ch 6

, 189

9: 4

.

John

T. T

iern

eyIr

ish m

onol

ogist

.O

DB,

Mar

ch 1

9, 1

899:

15.

Tenl

ey a

nd S

imon

dsIr

ish c

omed

ians

.ET

, Mar

ch 2

1, 1

899:

8.

Mik

e M

cGee

Stag

e na

me

of Ir

ish c

omed

ian

Jam

es C

urra

n.N

YS, A

pril

15, 1

899:

4.

Tom

Gle

ason

Perf

orm

ed “

thor

ough

ly c

hara

cter

istic

Irish

co

med

y an

d so

ngs,

with

an

alm

ost i

rrep

roac

habl

e br

ogue

.”

SPG

Apr

il 18

, 189

9: 2

.

Ed D

olan

Irish

com

edia

n.SF

C, A

pril

23, 1

899.

Cal

laha

n an

d M

ack

App

eare

d at

Pas

tor’s

in Ir

ish c

omed

y en

title

d “T

he O

ld N

eigh

borh

ood.

”N

Y Tr

ibun

e, M

ay 7

, 190

5: 3

.

Fox

and

Sum

mer

s“T

he Ir

ish E

nter

tain

ers.”

OD

B, M

ay 2

1, 1

899:

15.

Jam

es B

and

Fan

ny

Don

ovan

Irish

com

edia

ns.

SFC

, May

28,

189

9: 2

9.

205

Con

nors

and

Con

nors

Mal

e-fe

mal

e te

am. M

r Con

nors

refe

rred

to a

s “o

ne o

f the

fore

mos

t Iris

h co

med

ians

” w

hile

Miss

C

onno

rs w

as “o

ne o

f the

gre

ates

t exp

onen

ts o

f ‘co

on sh

outin

g’ o

n th

e st

age.”

EB, J

une

12, 1

899.

“The

Com

ing

Man

”A

“lau

ghab

le Ir

ish fa

rce,”

des

crib

ed a

s “th

e gr

eate

st a

ggre

gatio

n of

vau

devi

lle ta

lent

eve

r see

n in

Hon

olul

u at

one

tim

e.”

Inde

pend

ent (

Hon

olul

u), J

une

15, 1

899.

The

Thr

ee L

a R

aine

s“A

n ac

roba

tic Ir

ish c

omed

y ac

t.”A

DD

, Jul

y 18

, 189

9.W

right

and

Wak

efie

ld“A

n Ir

ish tu

rn fu

ll of

fun

and

ging

er.”

Dai

ly Pr

ess (N

ewpo

rt N

ews,

VA),

July

18,

18

99.

Gal

lagh

er a

nd B

arne

tt“T

he k

ings

of I

rish

com

edy,”

also

bill

ed a

s “Ir

ish

mill

iona

ires.”

Dai

ly Pr

ess (N

ewpo

rt N

ews,

VA),

July

19,

18

99.

Pat K

elly

“Kin

g of

Irish

com

edia

ns.”

SFC

, Aug

ust 7

, 189

9: 5

.C

ampb

ell a

nd C

aulfi

eld

“Iris

h Em

pero

rs.”

RT,

Aug

ust 1

3, 1

899:

3.

Shee

han

and

Ken

nedy

Irish

com

edia

ns.

ET, S

epte

mbe

r 19,

189

9: 5

.Pe

rry

and

Burn

sIr

ish st

oryt

elle

rs.

ET, S

epte

mbe

r 26,

189

9: 6

.Ry

an a

nd R

ichf

ield

App

eare

d in

sket

ch e

ntitl

ed “A

Hea

dles

s Man

.”ET

, Sep

tem

ber 2

6, 1

899:

6.

John

F. L

eona

rd a

nd

Sher

man

Wad

eA

ppea

red

in “

Two

jolly

Rov

ers”

as O

’Rou

rke

and

O’R

eilly

, “am

ong

the

mos

t im

pres

sive

Cel

ts to

be

foun

d on

the

vaud

evill

e st

age.”

ET, O

ctob

er 1

0, 1

899:

8.

John

and

Eun

ice

Patt

enIr

ish c

omed

y te

am.

BN, N

ovem

ber 1

0, 1

899.

cont

inue

d

206

Nam

e of

Act

Det

ails

Sour

ce

Con

roy

and

McD

onal

d“K

ings

of I

rish

fun.

”SP

G, N

ovem

ber 1

9, 1

899:

28.

McC

ale

and

Dan

iels

App

eare

d in

act

ent

itled

“T

he Ir

ish T

ouris

ts.”

NY

Trib

une,

Nov

embe

r 26,

189

9: 8

.T

he N

awns

App

eare

d in

an

Irish

farc

e as

par

t of a

“pol

ite

vaud

evill

e” p

rogr

amm

e.ET

, Dec

embe

r 7, 1

899:

4.

Con

roy

and

McD

onal

dIr

ish v

aude

ville

com

edia

ns.

SPG

, Dec

embe

r 26,

189

9: 8

.

1900

Leon

ard

and

Fulto

nIr

ish sk

etch

art

ists.

DC

T, F

ebru

ary

11, 1

900,

Par

t II:

5.A

nnie

Yea

man

sPl

ayed

the

Irish

coo

k in

“W

hy S

mith

Lef

t H

ome.”

BDE,

Mar

ch 4

, 190

0: 2

4.

Pat R

eilly

Irish

com

edia

n.BD

E, M

arch

4, 1

900:

24.

Wel

ch B

roth

ers

Irish

com

edia

ns.

ST, M

arch

8, 1

900:

10.

Evan

s and

Dev

ees

Perf

orm

ed in

“a re

fined

Irish

com

edy

sket

ch.”

SPG

, Mar

ch 2

7, 1

900:

5.

Film

ore

and

Mac

kPe

rfor

med

in “a

rolli

ckin

g Ir

ish c

omed

y sk

etch

.”SP

G, M

arch

27,

190

0: 5

.Su

lliva

n an

d K

eele

rIr

ish c

omed

ians

.D

CT,

Apr

il 8,

190

0, P

art I

I: 5.

Joe

Flyn

nT

he “g

reat

est e

xpon

ent o

f Iris

h co

med

y.”A

DD

, Apr

il 13

, 190

0: 6

.Sm

ith O

’Brie

n“J

ovia

l Iris

h co

med

ian.

”D

CT,

May

13,

190

0, P

art I

I: 5.

Cra

ne th

e Ir

ish

Mag

icia

nPe

rfor

med

“com

edy

acts

of m

yste

ry”

in a

va

udev

ille

prog

ram

me

at G

len

Echo

Par

k.D

CT,

June

16,

190

0: 7

.

Man

ning

and

Dav

isA

ppea

red

in “

The

Irish

Paw

nbro

ker.”

NY

Trib

une,

July

1, 1

900:

14.

Lott

ie W

est S

imon

ds“T

he Ir

ish c

ount

ess.”

NY

Trib

une,

July

22,

190

0: 1

4.

207

The

Rix

ford

s“C

omed

y ac

roba

ts,”

appe

ared

as p

art o

f “Ir

ish

wee

k” a

t Kos

ter a

nd B

ial’s

thea

tre.

NY

Trib

une,

July

22,

190

0: 1

4.

Asc

ot a

nd E

ddy

Acr

obat

s, al

so o

n bi

ll fo

r Iris

h w

eek

at K

oste

r and

Bi

al’s.

NY

Trib

une,

July

22,

190

0: 1

4.

Woo

d an

d St

one

Irish

com

edia

ns.

NY

Trib

une,

July

22,

190

0: 1

4.Fi

sher

and

Car

roll

“Cel

tic w

its”

bille

d as

“th

e or

igin

al Ir

ish fu

silie

rs

of v

aude

ville

.”SL

R, S

epte

mbe

r 9, 1

900,

Par

t II:

7.

Den

ton

and

Dal

lon

“Art

istic

Irish

com

edy

artis

ts.”

SLR

, Sep

tem

ber 9

, 190

0, P

art I

I: 7.

Shee

han

and

Ken

nedy

Irish

sket

ch a

rtist

s.EB

, Sep

tem

ber 1

2, 1

900.

Jose

ph J.

Sul

livan

“Iris

h ch

arac

ter w

ork.

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CT,

Sep

tem

ber 1

6, 1

900,

Par

t II:

4.Jo

e Fl

ynn

“The

Irish

Wit.

”D

CT,

Oct

ober

7, 1

900,

Par

t II:

5.By

ron

and

Lang

don

Act

incl

uded

Irish

song

s.SP

G, O

ctob

er 2

1, 1

900:

24.

Cas

ey a

nd L

ecla

ir“I

rish

char

acte

r ske

tchi

sts.”

DC

T, O

ctob

er 2

1, 1

900,

Par

t II:

5.G

alla

gher

and

Bar

rett

“The

Irish

mill

iona

ires.”

KIA

, Oct

ober

27,

190

0.Te

nley

and

Sim

onds

“Nat

ural

Irish

com

edia

ns.”

ET, N

ovem

ber 1

, 190

0: 8

.“P

ipe

Dre

am”

Irish

sket

ch.

HEB

, Nov

embe

r 7, 1

900.

Shee

han

and

Ken

nedy

“Kin

gs o

f Iris

h co

med

y.”ET

, Nov

embe

r 13

1900

: 5.

Jam

es F

Leo

nard

Irish

com

edia

n.D

CT,

Nov

embe

r 27,

190

0: 7

.La

wre

nce

Cra

ne“T

he Ir

ish A

doni

s mus

icia

n.”

DC

T, D

ecem

ber 9

, 190

0, P

art I

I: 4.

Man

ning

and

Dav

isA

ppea

red

in “

The

Irish

Paw

nbro

ker.”

RT,

Dec

embe

r 9, 1

900.

cont

inue

d

208

Nam

e of

Act

Det

ails

Sour

ce

1901

“An

Irish

Chr

istm

as”

A m

usic

al c

omed

y, pa

rt o

f the

vau

devi

lle b

ill a

t T

he O

rphe

um, “

the

only

vau

devi

lle h

ouse

in

Hon

olul

u.”

HR

, Jan

uary

1, 1

901.

Cun

ning

ham

and

Fag

an“T

he Ir

ish to

urist

s.”A

R, J

anua

ry 2

, 190

1.M

urph

y an

d N

olan

“The

Hap

py Ir

ishm

en.”

KIA

, Jan

uary

12,

190

1.M

cCal

e an

d D

anie

lsIr

ish c

omed

ians

.R

T, Ja

nuar

y 13

, 190

1: 1

0.N

ellie

Hill

and

Hat

tie

Mile

sIr

ish a

nd D

utch

act

.M

J, Ja

nuar

y 15

, 190

1: 7

.

Two

Am

eric

an M

acs

Irish

com

edia

ns.

KIA

, Jan

uary

26,

190

1.Fi

tzgi

bbon

s, M

cCoy

and

Fi

tzgi

bbon

sA

ppea

red

in “a

n Ir

ish c

hara

cter

sket

ch”

entit

led

“Her

Nau

ghty

Bro

ther

.”M

J, Fe

brua

ry 1

5, 1

901:

7.

Sulli

van

and

Inm

an“I

rish

funm

aker

s.”SP

G, A

pril

7, 1

901:

24.

McF

arla

nd a

nd M

urra

yIr

ish c

omed

ians

.SP

A, M

ay 1

8, 1

901.

Mor

risey

and

Ric

hIr

ish c

omed

ians

.SP

G, M

ay 2

6, 1

901.

McF

arla

nd a

nd M

urra

y“T

he Ir

ish A

mba

ssad

ors.”

SPG

, Jun

e 9,

190

1: 2

8.Te

nley

and

Sim

onds

“The

nat

ural

Irish

com

edia

ns.”

SLR

, Aug

ust 1

1, 1

901,

Par

t I: 9

.M

urra

y an

d M

cFar

land

Irish

kno

ckab

out a

ct.

KIA

, Aug

ust 1

7, 1

901.

McF

arla

nd a

nd M

urra

y“J

olly

Irish

com

edia

ns.”

KIA

, Aug

ust 2

4, 1

901.

209

Nel

lie W

ater

s“t

he o

rigin

al d

elin

eato

r of n

egro

and

Irish

m

elod

ies”

app

eare

d at

the

Buck

ingh

am T

heat

re,

Loui

svill

e K

Y.

KIA

, Sep

tem

ber 1

4, 1

901.

Wro

the

and

Wak

efie

ldIr

ish sk

etch

team

.K

IA, S

epte

mbe

r 21,

190

1.Sp

ence

r Bro

ther

sIr

ish c

omed

ians

and

dan

cers

.W

T, O

ctob

er 3

, 190

1: 5

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mes

B a

nd F

anni

e D

onov

anA

ppea

red

in a

n “I

rish

repa

rtee

act

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Y Tr

ibun

e, O

ctob

er 2

0, 1

901:

12.

Cas

ey a

nd L

eCla

irA

ppea

red

in a

sket

ch e

ntitl

ed “

The

Irish

Te

nant

s.”N

Y Tr

ibun

e, O

ctob

er 2

0, 1

901:

12.

Mile

s and

Nitr

amA

ppea

red

in a

n Ir

ish sk

etch

at P

roct

or’s

58th

St

reet

The

atre

.N

Y Tr

ibun

e, O

ctob

er 2

0, 1

901:

12.

Mr a

nd M

rs M

ark

Mur

phy

App

eare

d in

sket

ch e

ntitl

ed “

Why

Doo

gan

Swor

e O

ff.”

SMG

, Oct

ober

27,

190

1: 8

.

Mar

key

and

Stew

art

“Iris

h m

onol

ogue

and

par

ody

singe

rs.”

SPA

, Nov

embe

r 2, 1

901.

Brya

nt a

nd B

renn

anIr

ish c

omed

ians

.SP

G, N

ovem

ber 1

1, 1

901:

4.

Jam

es W

esle

y an

d W

illia

m M

urra

y, bi

lled

as “

The

Tw

o M

acs.”

App

eare

d in

“T

he Ir

ish P

awnb

roke

r.”SP

G, N

ovem

ber 1

1, 1

901:

4.

The

Tw

o A

mer

ican

M

acs

“Lea

ders

in e

xtra

vaga

nt Ir

ish c

omed

y.”M

J, N

ovem

ber 1

3, 1

901:

4.

Con

way

and

Hel

dIr

ish sk

etch

art

ists.

NY

Trib

une,

Nov

embe

r 17,

190

1: 1

4.C

alla

han

and

Mac

k“E

xcep

tiona

lly c

leve

r Iris

h co

med

ians

.”W

T, N

ovem

ber 2

4, 1

901,

Par

t II:

4.

cont

inue

d

210

Nam

e of

Act

Det

ails

Sour

ce

“Pat

” R

eilly

Perfo

rmed

“Doo

ley-li

ke ta

lks,

brim

ful o

f Iris

h w

it.”

WT,

Nov

embe

r 28,

190

1: 5

.G

eorg

e H

Em

eric

kD

ied

in D

ecem

ber 1

901.

Not

ed a

s the

writ

er

of m

any

Irish

vau

devi

lle sk

etch

es, i

nclu

ding

“F

inne

gan’

s Bal

l,”, “

Shoo

ting

the

Chu

tes”

and

“M

cSor

ley’

s Tw

ins.”

MJ,

Dec

embe

r 28,

190

1.

1902

Rus

sell

Brot

hers

Wer

e du

e to

giv

e th

eir l

ast p

erfo

rman

ce o

f “T

he Ir

ish S

erva

nt G

irls”

and

to a

ppea

r in

a ne

w sk

etch

by

Geo

rge

M. C

ohan

ent

itled

“A

Rom

ance

of N

ew Je

rsey

.”

WT,

Janu

ary

12,1

902:

2.

Mr a

nd M

rs M

ark

Mur

phy

App

eare

d in

“a fr

esh

Irish

sket

ch a

bout

the

trou

bles

of a

fire

man

.”SL

R, J

anua

ry 2

6, 1

902,

Par

t III

: 6.

Tom

Naw

nIr

ish c

omed

ian

appe

ared

in “

Pat a

nd th

e G

enii.

”W

T, Ja

nuar

y 30

, 190

2: 5

.Ba

rney

Fer

guso

n an

d W

ill M

ack

Irish

com

edia

ns.

WT,

Feb

ruar

y 9,

190

2: 2

.

“Fun

ny Ir

ish W

idow

”Ir

ish sk

etch

.M

J, Fe

brua

ry15

, 190

2: 7

.M

urra

y an

d M

ack

Irish

com

edia

ns.

SFC

, Feb

ruar

y 24

, 190

2.G

raci

e Em

met

tA

ppea

red

in “

Mrs

Mur

phy’

s Sec

ond

Hus

band

.”SL

R, M

arch

2, 1

902,

Par

t III

: 5.

McD

onal

d Br

othe

rsIr

ish c

omed

ians

.K

IA, A

pril

5, 1

902.

Ken

nedy

and

Wils

on“T

he Ir

ish A

risto

crat

s.”N

Y Tr

ibun

e, A

pril

6, 1

902:

7.

Touh

ey a

nd L

acy

Irish

com

edy

act.

NY

Trib

une,

Apr

il 27

, 190

2: 1

2.

211

Lonn

ie W

ilson

Irish

com

edia

n.R

D, M

ay 1

8, 1

902.

Rey

nold

s and

Pea

rce

“Iris

h ch

arac

ter i

mpe

rson

ator

s.”SL

R M

ay 2

2, 1

902:

8.

Hic

key

and

Nel

son

Mal

e-fe

mal

e te

am. H

icke

y “w

as g

rote

sque

ly

funn

y w

ith h

is bi

g sh

oes,

smal

l hat

and

Irish

ch

arac

ter m

ake-

up.”

SLR

, May

26,

190

2: 6

.

Kel

ly a

nd A

dam

sIr

ish sk

etch

art

ists.

NY

Trib

une,

June

3, 1

902:

5.

Mr a

nd M

rs M

ark

Mur

phy

“The

kin

g an

d qu

een

of Ir

ish c

omed

y” in

thei

r la

test

vau

devi

lle sk

etch

, “T

he S

even

th S

on.”

AD

D, J

uly

8, 1

902:

5.

Ros

selly

and

Ros

telle

“Iris

h co

med

y sk

etch

art

ists.”

AD

D A

ugus

t 30,

1902

: 6.

Tom

Wat

ers

“Nat

ural

Irish

com

edia

n.”

SPG

, Oct

ober

12,

190

2: 2

2.Sp

ence

r Bro

ther

sIr

ish c

hara

cter

com

edia

ns.

SLR

, Oct

ober

17,

190

2: 3

.Ed

war

ds a

nd L

awre

nce

Dut

ch a

nd Ir

ish c

omed

ians

.W

T, O

ctob

er 2

1, 1

902:

7.

Smith

and

Wel

chIr

ish c

omed

ians

.W

T, O

ctob

er 2

6, 1

902.

Pat R

eilly

and

Fra

nk D

. Br

yan

“The

orig

inal

Irish

com

edia

ns.”

RT,

Nov

embe

r 5, 1

902:

7.

Pete

Bak

er a

nd Jo

hn

Ker

nell

Irish

and

Dut

ch c

omed

y.R

D, N

ovem

ber 6

, 190

2: 6

.

Mat

Ken

nedy

Irish

com

edia

n.SP

G, N

ovem

ber 9

, 190

2: 3

0.H

al C

onle

t and

May

N

elso

nA

n Ir

ish c

omed

ian

and

“coo

n-so

ng sh

oute

r.”SF

C, D

ecem

ber 1

6, 1

902.

cont

inue

d

212

Nam

e of

Act

Det

ails

Sour

ce

1903

Lott

ie W

est S

imon

ds“T

he Ir

ish C

ount

ess.”

SLR

, Apr

il 19

, 190

3, P

art I

I: 8.

Cha

rles B

Law

lor

Vaud

evill

e pe

rfor

mer

who

was

“abl

e to

sing

an

Irish

song

as f

ew m

en c

an.”

EW, J

une

26, 1

903,

Nig

ht e

dn.

Cor

bley

and

Bur

ke“A

n Ir

ish si

dew

alk

conv

ersa

tion

act.”

EW, J

une

27, 1

903.

Cal

laha

n an

d M

ack

“Tru

ly Ir

ish c

omed

ians

.”EW

, Jun

e 30

, 190

3: 4

.R

oone

y an

d Fo

rres

ter

Act

bill

ed a

s “Ir

ish n

onse

nse.”

SS, J

uly

4, 1

903.

John

Ker

nell

Irish

com

edia

n, h

eade

d bi

ll at

Pas

tor’s

.EW

, Jul

y 4,

190

3, S

port

ing

ed.

Will

iam

Ahe

arn

(aka

A

hern

)R

epor

t of d

eath

of t

his v

aude

ville

Irish

co

med

ian.

SFC

, Jul

y 24

, 190

3.

Rus

sell

and

O’C

onne

llIr

ish c

omed

ians

.N

Y Tr

ibun

e, Ju

ly 2

6, 1

903:

3.

O’C

onne

ll an

d Fo

rres

tIr

ish c

omed

ians

.SC

D, J

uly

31, 1

903.

Art

hur W

hite

law

Irish

cha

ract

er m

onol

ogue

.SL

R, S

epte

mbe

r 6, 1

903,

Par

t III

: 8.

Con

roy

and

McF

arla

ndIr

ish c

omed

ians

.M

J, Se

ptem

ber 1

2, 1

903:

12.

Spen

cer a

nd H

eld

“Iris

h je

ster

s.”SL

R, O

ctob

er 8

, 190

3: 5

.K

elly

and

Kan

eIr

ish c

hara

cter

com

edia

ns.

SLR

, Oct

ober

15,

190

3: 3

.K

enne

dy a

nd E

vans

“Gay

cav

alie

rs o

f Iris

h w

it.”

MJ,

Oct

ober

17,

190

3, P

art I

I: 6.

Kitt

ie F

ranc

is“F

amou

s for

her

hum

orou

s Iris

h an

d ‘w

ench

’ im

pers

onat

ions

.”G

DL,

Oct

ober

24,

190

3.

Ferg

uson

and

Mac

k“I

rish

knoc

kabo

uts.”

EW, O

ctob

er 2

7, 1

903:

6.

213

War

d an

d C

urra

nA

ppea

red

in sk

etch

ent

itled

“T

he T

errib

le Ju

dge.”

EW, O

ctob

er 2

7, 1

903:

6.

Spen

cer a

nd H

eld

Irish

com

edia

ns.

MJ,

Nov

embe

r 7, 1

903,

Par

t II:

3.El

izab

eth

Mur

ray

Irish

stor

ies a

nd “c

oon

song

s.”SF

C, D

ecem

ber 2

1, 1

903.

1904

McB

ride

and

Whi

tehe

adIr

ish c

omed

ians

.T

T, Ja

nuar

y 13

, 190

4: 4

.“M

y Bu

sy D

ay”

Sket

ch fe

atur

ing

an Ir

ish o

ffic

e bo

y.SF

C, F

ebru

ary

8, 1

904:

14.

The

Lom

bard

sIr

ish c

omed

ians

.T

T, F

ebru

ary

15, 1

904:

4.

Bobb

y G

aylo

rA

ppea

red

with

Fan

nie

Ric

e’s v

aude

ville

com

pany

at

the

Met

ropo

litan

The

atre

in M

inne

apol

is. In

hi

s act

as a

n Ir

ish im

pers

onat

or, h

e “d

evel

op[e

d]

the

hum

orou

s cha

ract

erist

ics o

f the

hig

hest

type

of

Irish

-Am

eric

an c

itize

n.”

MJ,

Mar

ch 5

, 190

4: 6

.

Mad

den

and

Jess

“The

onl

y Ir

ish a

ct th

at ‘m

akes

goo

d’ w

ithou

t te

lling

a jo

ke o

r sin

ging

a so

ng.”

MJ,

Mar

ch 5

, 190

4: 6

.

Mar

tin O

’Nei

lIr

ish c

omed

ian.

SFC

, Apr

il 10

, 190

4.M

urph

y an

d D

avis

“Iris

h fu

n di

spen

sers

.” SP

G, M

ay 1

, 190

4: 3

6 M

J, A

pril

23, 1

904:

13.

G

race

y an

d Bu

rnet

tIr

ish sk

etch

art

ists.

SPG

, May

8, 1

904:

36.

Guy

Raw

son

“The

Irish

jest

er.”

KIA

, May

14,

190

4.Ba

rret

t Bro

ther

sIr

ish c

omed

ians

.SL

R, M

ay 1

5,19

04, P

art I

I: 2.

Law

renc

e C

rane

Irish

mag

icia

n.SL

R, M

ay 1

5, 1

904,

Par

t II:

2.

cont

inue

d

214

Nam

e of

Act

Det

ails

Sour

ce

Cha

rlie

Farr

ell

Perf

orm

ed th

e ch

arac

ter o

f an

“Iris

h co

pper

” in

a

vaud

evill

e sh

ow.

BDR

, May

25,

190

4: 8

.

Tom

Hav

erly

“One

of t

he fu

nnies

t Iris

h co

med

ians

in v

aude

ville

.”M

J, M

ay 2

8, 1

904:

12.

Perr

y an

d Sp

ence

r“I

rish

char

acte

r com

edia

ns.”

SLR

, Jun

e 10

,190

4: 6

.H

onan

and

Kea

rney

Irish

com

edia

ns.

SPD

G, J

une

12, 1

904:

34.

Barn

ey G

ilmor

e an

d Jo

hn L

eona

rdBi

lled

as “

Irel

and’

s Win

gs.”

NYS

, Jun

e 26

, 190

4, P

art I

II: 5

.

Barn

ey R

eyno

lds

Irish

com

edia

n.N

YS, J

une

26, 1

904,

Par

t III

: 5.

Cas

ey a

nd L

ecla

irA

ppea

red

at P

asto

r’s in

sket

ch e

ntitl

ed “

the

Irish

Te

nant

s.”N

YS, J

une

26, 1

904,

Par

t III

: 5.

Mor

risey

and

Ric

h“I

rish

jest

ers.”

SLR

, Jul

y 14

, 190

4: 6

.La

wre

nce

Cra

neIr

ish m

agic

ian.

NY

Trib

une,

July

31,

190

4: 1

0.T

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Notes

1 INTRODUCTION

1 . Gerald of Wales, The History and Topography of Ireland , trans. J. J. O’Meara, rev. ed. (London: Penguin, 1982), 101,103; “Australian immigrants complain about fighting Irish image,” Irish Central , January 14, 2011, http://www.irish-central.com/news/Australian-immigrants-complain-about-fighting-Irish-image — -SEE-VIDEO-113578919.html ; “Australian Embassy blasts racist advert asking ‘no Irish’ to apply for bricklaying job,” Irish Independent , March 12, 2012, http://www.independent.ie/national-news/australian-embassy-blasts-racist-advert-asking-no-irish-to-apply-for-bricklaying-job-3047010.html ; “Australia visa in jeopardy for rowdy Irish Down Under,” Australian Visa Bureau , May 9, 2012, http://www.visabureau.com/australia/news/09-05-2012/australia-visa-in-jeopardy-for-rowdy-irish-down-under.aspx .

2 . Vincent J. Cheng, Inauthentic: The Anxiety over Culture and Identity (Piscataway, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2004), 29, 32; Diane Negra, “Irishness, Innocence, and American Identity Politics before and after September 11,” in The Irish in Us: Irishness, Performativity and Popular Culture , ed. Diane Negra (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2006), 355; Diane Negra, “The New Primitives: Irishness in Recent US Television,” Irish Studies Review 9, no. 2 (2001): 229–39.

3 . Dale T. Knobel, Paddy and the Republic: Ethnicity and Nationality in Antebellum America (Scranton, PA: Wesleyan University Press, 1986), 4; Dale T. Knobel, “‘Celtic Exodus’: The Famine Irish, Ethnic Stereotypes, and the Cultivation of American Racial Nationalism,” Radharc 2 (2001): 8.

4 . William H. A. Williams, ‘Twas Only an Irishman’s Dream: The Image of Ireland and the Irish in American Popular Song Lyrics 1800–1920 (Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1996), 1–2.

5 . Kevin Kenny, The American Irish: A History (Essex: Longman, 2000), 8; Lawrence J. McCaffrey, The Irish Diaspora in America (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1976), 67; James P. Byrne, “The Genesis of Whiteface in Nineteenth Century American Popular Culture,” MELUS 29, no. 3/4 (2004): 145; Noel Ignatiev, How the Irish Became White , 2nd ed. (London: Routledge, 2008), 49.

218 Notes

6 . Deirdre Moloney, “Who’s Irish? Ethnic Identity and Recent Trends in Irish American History,” Journal of American Ethnic History 28, no. 4 (2009): 106.

7 . John F. Dovidio et al., eds., SAGE Handbook of Prejudice, Stereotyping and Discrimination (London: SAGE, 2010), 8.

8 . Dale T. Knobel, “A Vocabulary of Ethnic Perception: Content Analysis of the American Stage Irishman, 1820–1860,” American Studies 15 (1981): 48.

9 . Dovidio et al., SAGE Handbook , 217; Rupert Brown, Prejudice: Its Social Psychology (Oxford: Blackwell, 1995), 84; C. Neil Macrae, Charles Stangor, and Miles Hewston, eds., Stereotypes and Stereotyping (New York: Guilford Press, 1996), 13, 24.

10 . Dovidio et al., SAGE Handbook , 7, 121, 136; Macrae, Stangor, and Hewston, Stereotypes , 21–2; Gordon Allport, cited Dovidio et al., SAGE Handbook , 241.

11 . Alan Trachtenberg, The Incorporation of America: Culture and Society in the Gilded Age , 2nd ed., (New York: Hill and Wang, 2007), 5; Table XXIX—Total and urban population at each census: 1790 to 1900 and Table XLV—Number of immigrants to the United States: 1821 to 1900, Twelfth Census of the United States—1900—Census Reports Volume I—Population Part 1, Section 1, Statistics of Population , lxxxiii, United States Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html .

12 . Kenny, The American Irish , 46; Patrick J. Blessing, “The Irish,” in Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups , ed. Stephan Thernstrom (Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press, 1980), 528–29; Leonard Dinnerstein and David Reimers, Ethnic Americans: A History of Immigration and Assimilation (New York: New York University Press, 1977), 11.

13 . McCaffrey, The Irish Diaspora , 62–3; Blessing, “The Irish,” 530–31; Kerby A. Miller, Emigrants and Exiles: Ireland and the Irish Exodus to North America (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1985), 328.

14 . Miller, Emigrants and Exiles , 315; Kevin Kenny, “Labor and Labor Organizations,” in Making the Irish American: History and Heritage of the Irish in the United States , ed. J. J. Lee and Marion R. Casey (New York: New York University Press, 2006), 354, 356; Blessing, “The Irish,” 529, 531; Hasia Diner, Erin’s Daughters in America: Irish Immigrant Women in the Nineteenth Century (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1983), 31, 77, 80–3.

15 . Blessing, “The Irish,” 528, 531; Timothy J. Meagher, ed., From Paddy to Studs: Irish-American Communities in the Turn of the Century Era, 1880 to 1920 (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1986), 8; David N. Doyle, Irish Americans, Native Rights and National Empires: The Structure, Divisions and Attitudes of the Catholic Minority in the Decade of Expansion 1890–1901 (New York: Arno Press, 1976), 46.

16 . Andrew M. Greeley, The Irish Americans: The Rise to Money and Power (New York: Harper and Row, 1981), 111; Nathan Glazer and Daniel P. Moynihan, Beyond the Melting Point: The Negroes, Puerto Ricans, Jews, Italians and Irish of

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New York City (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1970), 217; Kathleen Donovan, “Good Old Pat: An Irish-American Stereotype in Decline,” Eire-Ireland 15, no. 3 (1980): 9; Ellen Skerret, “The Development of Catholic Identity among Irish Americans in Chicago, 1880–1920,” in From Paddy to Studs, 133; Meagher, From Paddy to Studs , 9; William V. Shannon, The American Irish: A Political and Social Portrait (New York: Collier, 1974), 142.

17 . Williams, ‘Twas Only an Irishman’s Dream , 241; Greeley, Irish Americans , 9. 18 . Cited Maureen Waters, The Comic Irishman (Albany, NY: State University of

New York Press, 1984), 41. 19 . Ibid., 42. 20 . Jeffrey H. Richards, “Brogue Irish Take the American Stage, 1767–1808,”

New Hibernia Review 3, no. 3 (1999): 48. 21 . Knobel, “Vocabulary of Ethnic Perception,” 45–6. 22 . Knobel, “Vocabulary of Ethnic Perception,” 47; Albert F. McLean Jr.,

American Vaudeville as Ritual (Lexington, KY: University of Kentucky Press, 1965), 3.

23 . Knobel, “Vocabulary of Ethnic Perception,” 49–50, 61. 24 . Ibid., 62, 66–7, 68. 25 . “Our City Amusements,” New York Times , December 3, 1858. 26 . Ibid. 27 . Robert M. Lewis, ed., From Traveling Show to Vaudeville: Theatrical Spectacle

in America, 1830–1910 (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003), 215.

28 . Campbell MacCulloch, “Vaudeville: Drama and Opera in Tabloid Form,” St Louis Republic Sunday Magazine , June 4, 1905.

29 . Robert K. Barnhart and Sol Steinmetz, eds., Chambers Dictionary of Etymology (Edinburgh: Chambers, 2006), 1195; McLean, American Vaudeville , 18; Joe Laurie Jr., Vaudeville: From the Honky-Tonks to the Palace (New York: Henry Holt, 1953), 10.

30 . Lewis, From Traveling Show to Vaudeville, 315; MacCulloch, “Vaudeville: Drama and Opera in Tabloid Form.”

31 . Robert W. Snyder, The Voice of the City: Vaudeville and Popular Culture in New York, 2nd ed., (Chicago: I. R. Dee, 2000), 12; Lewis, From Traveling Show to Vaudeville, 315.

32 . “Variety: The Class of Amusement Known by that Title,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle , January 21, 1877; Snyder, Voice of the City , 18–19; Shirley Staples, Male-Female Comedy Teams in American Vaudeville 1865–1932 (Ann Arbor, MI: UMI Research Press, 1984), 3; Midway cited Lewis, From Traveling Show to Vaudeville, 320.

33 . MacCulloch, “Vaudeville: Drama and Opera in Tabloid Form.” 34 . Laurie Jr., Vaudeville , 19. 35 . McLean, American Vaudeville , 3, 24; John Springhall, The Genesis of Mass

Culture: Show Business Live in America, 1840–1940 (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008), 175, 177.

220 Notes

36 . Armond Fields, Tony Pastor, Father of Vaudeville (Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Co., 2007), 44, 186, 179.

37 . Douglas Gilbert, American Vaudeville: Its Life and Times (New York: Dover Publications, 1940), 61.

38 . Williams, ‘Twas Only An Irishman’s Dream , 130, 128; Snyder, Voice of the City , 111, 107.

39 . James M. Nelson, “From Rory and Paddy to Boucicault’s Myles, Shaun and Conn: The Irishman on the London Stage, 1830–1860,” Eire-Ireland 13, no. 3 (1978): 91–2.

40 . Holger Kersten, “Using the Immigrant’s Voice: Humor and Pathos in Nineteenth Century ‘Dutch’ Dialect Texts”, MELUS 21, no. 4 (1996): 3, 10.

41 . Ibid., 16. 42 . Robert C. Allen, “Vaudeville and Film, 1895–1915: A Study in Media

Interaction” (PhD dissertation, University of Iowa, 1977), 5; Tom Gunning, “The Cinema of Attractions: Early Film, Its Spectator and the Avant-Garde,” in Early Cinema: Space, Frame, Narrative , ed. Thomas Elsaesser (London: BFI: 1990), 60; Michael Chanan, The Dream That Kicks: The Prehistory and Early Years of Cinema in Britain , 2nd ed., (London: Routledge, 1996), 132.

43 . Lewis Jacobs, The Rise of the American Film , cited Joseph M. Curran, Hibernian Green on the Silver Screen: The Irish and American Movies (New York: Greenwood Press, 1989), 18–19; Ruth Barton, Irish National Cinema , 2nd ed., (London: Routledge, 2005), 19; Kevin Rockett, “The Irish Migrant and Film,” in Screening Irish-America : Representing Irish-America in Film and Television , ed. Ruth Barton (Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 2009), 27, 17.

44 . Rockett, Irish Filmography , 230–40. 45 . Patrick G. Loughney, “In the Beginning Was the Word: Six Pre-Griffith

Motion Picture Scenarios,” in Early Cinema: Space, Frame, Narrative , ed. Thomas Elsaesser (London: BFI, 1990), 211.

46 . Gilbert, American Vaudeville , 62; Robert W. Snyder, “The Irish in Vaudeville,” in Making the Irish American: History and Heritage of the Irish in the United States , eds. J. J. Lee and Marion R. Casey (New York: New York University Press, 2006), 406.

47 . Mick Moloney, “Irish-American Popular Music,” in Making the Irish American: History and Heritage of the Irish in the United States , eds. J. J. Lee and Marion R. Casey (New York: New York University Press, 2006), 387; Frank Cullen, Vaudeville Old and New: An Encyclopedia of Variety Performers in America , Vol. 1 (New York: Routledge, 2007), 960.

48 . Susan Kattwinkel, Tony Pastor Presents: Afterpieces from the Vaudeville Stage (Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing, 1998), 6.

49 . Stephanie Rains, The Irish-American in Popular Culture 1945–2000 (Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 2007), 145, 149–51, 157–58.

50 . M. Alison Kibler, Rank Ladies: Gender and Cultural Hierarchy in American Vaudeville (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1999), 58.

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2 “IRISH BY NAME”: AN OVERVIEW OF IRISH AND ETHNIC PERFORMANCE IN VAUDEVILLE

1 . Program for Pastor’s Opera House 201 Bowery, 1868, BRTD TP, T-MSS 1995–028, b3.f17; program for Pastor’s New Theatre, w/c October 21, 1878, BRTD TP, T-MSS 1995–028, b5.

2 . Program for Pastor’s Broadway Theatre, December 1878 and undated pro-gram, Kernell and Kernell Scrapbook, BRTD TW, MWEZ x n.c.4547; pro-gram for Proctor’s Crierion Theatre, April 9, 1888, and undated program for Walnut Street Theatre, BRTD TP, T-MSS 1995–028, b3.f17.

3 . Program for Poole and Donnelly’s Grand Opera House, w/c September 28, 1878, Kernell and Kernell scrapbook, BRTD TW, MWEZ x n.c.4547.

4 . Aoileann N í É igeartaigh, “Frank McCourt: From Colonized Imagination to Diaspora,” in Rethinking Diasporas: Hidden Narratives and Imagined Borders , eds. Aoileann N í É igeartaigh, Kevin Howard, and David Getty (Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2007), 5.

5 . David R. Roediger, Wages of Whiteness: Race and the Making of the American Working Class , rev. ed., (London: Verso, 1999), 137; Ignatiev, How the Irish Became White , 70, 134.

6 . Kenny, The American Irish , 67–71; Luke Gibbons, Transformations in Irish Culture , vol. 2, (Cork: Cork University Press, 1996), 175, 176.

7 . Kenny, The American Irish , 81–2, 126; John Higham, Strangers in the Land: Patterns of American Nativism, 1860–1925 , 2nd ed. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1988), 13–16, 20, 85–6.

8 . Robert Nowatzki, “Paddy Jumps Jim Crow: Irish-Americans and Blackface Minstrelsy,” Eire-Ireland 41 (2006).

9 . Robert Toll, Blacking Up: The Minstrel Show in Nineteenth Century America (New York: Oxford University Press, 1974), v; Eric Lott, Love and Theft: Blackface Minstrelsy and the American Working Class (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993), 5–6, 9; Edward Le Roy Rice, Monarchs of Minstrelsy: From “Daddy” Rice to Date (New York: Kenny Publishing, 1911), 11, http://www.archive.org/details/monarchsminstre00ricegoog .

10 . Rice, Monarchs of Minstrelsy , 7. 11 . Roediger, Wages of Whiteness , 104; Toll, Blacking Up , 56–7; Peter Quinn,

“Looking for Jimmy,” in Making the Irish American: History and Heritage of the Irish in the United States , eds. J. J. Lee and Marion R. Casey (New York: New York University Press, 2006), 667.

12 . Nowatzki, “Paddy Jumps Jim Crow,” 170; Toll, Blacking Up , 175. 13 . New Negro Forget-Me-Not Songster (Cincinnati: UP James, 1911; Hathi Trust

Digital Library), 101–06. http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101073360180;view=1up;seq=1 .

14 . Ibid., 98–101. 15 . Kenny, The American Irish , 81–2.

222 Notes

16 . Roediger, Wages of Whiteness , 105–6; Lott, Love and Theft , 6, 52. 17 . Roediger, Wages of Whiteness , 117. 18 . Roediger, Wages of Whiteness , 98–9; Maureen Murphy, “Irish-American

Theatre,” in Ethnic Theatre in the United States , ed. Maxine S. Seller (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1983), 223; Lott, Love and Theft , 81.

19 . Roediger, Wages of Whiteness , 100. 20 . Alexander Saxton, “Blackface Minstrelsy and Jacksonian Ideology,” American

Quarterly 27, no. 1 (1975): 5–6; Lott, Love and Theft , 95; Cullen, Vaudeville Old and New , 770; Williams, ‘Twas Only An Irishman’s Dream , 66.

21 . New York Telegraph , May 2, 1917, Carroll Johnson clippings file, BRTD RL, env. 844; Carroll Johnson, “My Little Irish Queen” (New York: 1889; Duke University Libraries Digital Collections), http://library.duke.edu/digitalcol-lections/hasm_b0662/ ; Carroll Johnson, “Wish You Could Hab Seen Dat Nigger’s Eye” (Rhode Island, 1897; LOC African-American Sheet Music, 1850–1920), http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=rpbaasm&fileName=0100/0153/rpbaasm0153page.db&recNum=0 .

22 . Rice, Monarchs of Minstrelsy , 186–87; Billy Emerson clippings file, BRTD RL, ser. 3, vol. 450: 152, 154.

23 . Billy Emerson clippings file, BRTD RL, ser. 3, vol. 450: 156. 24 . Ibid. 25 . Dan Bryant clippings file, BRTD; “Belle of Broadway” (New York: H. De

Marsan, n.d.; LOC American Memory Collection, American Singing: Nineteenth-Century Song Sheets), http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/h?ammem/amss:@field%28DOCID+@lit%28sb10024b%29%29 ; “Kingdom Coming” (New York: Charles Magnus, n.d.; LOC American Singing: Nineteenth-Century Song Sheets), http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/h?ammem/amss:@field(DOCID+@lit(hc00045a)) ; “Limerick is Beautiful” (New York: H. De Marsan, n.d.; LOC American Singing: Nineteenth-Century Song Sheets), http://www.loc.gov/item/amss003677/#about-this-item ; “I’ll Never Forget Thee Dear Mary” (New York: 1866; Duke University Libraries Digital Collections), http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/hasm_b0619/ .

26 . Williams, ‘Twas Only An Irishman’s Dream , 65; Toll, Blacking Up , 176. 27 . Johnny Roach’s When McGuinness Gets a Job Songster (New York: Popular

Publishing, 1880), 26–7. 28 . Toll, Blacking Up , 66–7, 115. 29 . Wheatley and Traynor’s Dublin Boy Songster (New York: Popular Publishing,

1883), 39. 30 . Ibid. 31 . Kelly and Ryan’s Hibernian Ballet Songster (New York: Popular Publishing,

1879), 14. 32 . Ignatiev, How the Irish Became White , 49–50. 33 . Lott, Love and Theft , 95; Nowatzki, “Paddy Jumps Jim Crow,” 170; Toll,

Blacking Up , 180.

Notes 223

34 . Musser, “Ethnicity, Role-Playing and American Film Comedy,” 50. 35 . Kelly and Ryan’s Hibernian Ballet Songster , 4. 36 . Saturday Evening Post , January 14, 1922, Barry and Fay clippings file, BRTD. 37 . “Jews Rich in Humor,” Salt Lake Herald , May 22, 1899. 38 . James H. Dorman, “American Popular Culture and the New Immigration

Ethnics: The Vaudeville Stage and the Process of Ethnic Ascription,” American Studies 36, no. 2 (1991): 179–93; Cullen, Vaudeville Old and New , 1176; “Mrs. Maas’ Troupe,” Daily Phoenix (AR), February 25, 1875; “Dramatic and Musical,” Saint Paul Globe (MN), March 6, 1899.

39 . Review of Casey’s Wife in Saint Louis Republic , February 3, 1903; “Johnny Ray, Comedian, Dies,” New York Times , September 5, 1927; Caroline Gaffin, Vaudeville: The Book (New York: M. Kennerley, 1914), 27–9; Staples, Male-Female Comedy Teams , 43.

40 . Williams, ‘Twas Only An Irishman’s Dream , 120; “Wife Divorces Singer, “ New York Times , April 2, 1925; Cullen, Vaudeville Old and New , 518–21; Laurie Jr., Vaudeville , 205; “What the Theatres Are Offering This Week,” Los Angeles Herald Sunday Supplement , March 26, 1905.

41 . Rockett, Irish Filmography , 230–40; A Dutchman in Ireland is included in a list of scripts from Tony Pastor’s Opera House, BRTD TP, T-MSS 1995–028, b1.f8; Theatre programs, BRTD TP, T-MSS 1995–028, b5; Fields, Tony Pastor , 96; Go West, or The Emigrant Palace Car , HRC TP, b6.f6.

42 . Lannigan’s Ball Songster (New York: Dick and Fitzgerald, 1863), 53–4. 43 . J. K. Emmet’s Love of the Shamrock Songster , (New York: A. J. Fisher, 1882), 40. 44 . Timothy J. Meagher, “Abie’s Irish Enemy: Irish and Jews, Social and Political

Realities and Media Representations,” in Screening Irish-America: Representing Irish-America in Film and Television , ed. Ruth Barton (Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 2009), 47; Thomas Cripps, “The Movie Jew as an Image of Assimilation, 1903–1927,” Journal of Popular Film 4, no. 3 (1975): 201.

45 . “The Stage All Around the World,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle , August 21, 1898; “New American Plays,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle , March 19, 1899; Casey’s Wife clippings file, BRTD.

46 . “New American Plays,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle , March 19, 1899. 47 . Irish Pawnbrokers clippings file, BRTD; Johnny Roach’s When McGuinness

Gets a Job Songster , 39. 48 . Snyder, Voice of the City , 111; Laurie Jr., Vaudeville , 223. 49 . New York Telegraph , September 6, 1911, included in Four Mortons clippings

file, BRTD RL, env. 1554. 50 . “Vaudeville in Yiddish,” New York Dramatic Mirror , December 19, 1903. 51 . “Row in a Philadelphia Theatre: Irishmen Greet ‘McSwiggan’s Parliament’

with Hisses and Stale Eggs,” New York Sun , April 30, 1887. 52 . “The Theatre Doors Shut: ‘McSwiggan’s Parliament’ Not Again Performed,”

New York Times , April 30, 1887. 53 . Ibid.

224 Notes

54 . “Waterbury Irishmen Won’t Witness Offensive Caricatures of Hibernians on the Vaudeville Stage,” New York Tribune , December 21, 1902; “The Stage Irishman,” New York Times , May 11, 1902.

55 . “Billy Barry, The Comedian,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle , April 4, 1898; “The Rising Generation,” Scranton Tribune (PA), January 8, 1898.

56 . “The Stage,” Washington Times Part 2 (DC), January 16, 1898. 57 . Cullen, Vaudeville Old and New , 960. 58 . Williams, ‘Twas Only An Irishman’s Dream , 158; Cullen, Vaudeville Old and

New , 484, 961, 407. 59 . “Variety: The Class of Amusement Known by that Title,” Brooklyn Daily

Eagle , January 21, 1877; Snyder, Voice of the City , 48; Laurie Jr., Vaudeville , 18, 82; Gilbert, American Vaudeville , 62.

60 . “The Will of Barney Williams,” New York Times , May 5, 1876; “Amusements,” Daily National Republican (DC), January 29, 1863.

61 . “Amusements,” Daily National Republican , February 4, 1863. 62 . “A New Irish Comedian,” Daily National Republican , July 28, 1864;

“Amusements,” Daily National Republican , August 6, 1864; “Dramatic,” New York Times , January 4, 1874; James H. Dorman, “American Popular Culture and the New Immigration Ethnics: The Vaudeville Stage and the Process of Ethnic Ascription,” American Studies 36, no. 2 (1991): 186.

63 . “Colony of Actors,” St Paul Globe (MN), August 18, 1901; Cullen, Vaudeville Old and New , 631.

64 . “High-Class Vaudeville,” Sunday Herald and Weekly National Intelligencer (DC), December 6, 1891.

65 . “Hyde and Behman’s Theatre,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle , October 2, 1888; “Harry Kernell is Dead,” New York Times , March 14, 1893; New York Spirit of the Times , March 18, 1893, Harry Kernell scrapbook, BRTD TW MWEZ+++n.c.4526; “John Kernell, Actor, Dead,” New York Times , December 20, 1903.

66 . Harry A. Kernell, letter to the editor, New York Tribune , January 11, 1922; Harry Kernell’s Eccentric Irish Songster (New York: Robert M. De Witt, 1875), 4; New York Clipper 1881/82 , 456, 548 (Fulton History), http://www.fulton-history.com/Fulton.html .

67 . “Amusements,” St Paul Daily Globe (MN), April 24, 1880; New York Clipper 1887/88 , 94 (Fulton History), http://www.fultonhistory.com/Fulton.html ; “Sam Rickey Wasting Away,” New York Times , September 8, 1885.

68 . “Hogan’s Alley,” St Paul Appeal (MN), March 19, 1898; “Linden Theater Re-opens,” Scranton Tribune (PA), April 12, 1898; “Amusements,” New York Sun , June 11, 1899; “Advertisements,” San Francisco Call , February 13, 1899; “At the Theaters,” Saint Paul Globe (MN), December 24, 1899.

69 . “How Audiences Affect Actors,” Minneapolis Journal , January 4, 1905. 70 . “At the Theaters,” Minneapolis Journal , March 5, 1904; New York Mirror ,

December 23, 1893, Bobby Gaylor clippings file, BRTD; “Variety at the Star Theatre,” New York Times , March 27, 1888; “Comic Opera Invasion, “ New York Evening World , May 18, 1889; “The Theatres Next Week,” New York

Notes 225

Evening World (NY), May 25, 1889; New York Dramatic Mirror 1890/92 , 4 (Fulton History), http://www.fultonhistory.com/Fulton.html .

71 . “Theatrical Notes,” Paducah Evening Sun (KY), November 11, 1905; “Entertainment and Social,” Daily Capital Journal (Salem, OR), March 31, 1896; “At the Theatres,” Saint Paul Globe (MN), March 8, 1897; “Mirth Reigns at California: Murray and Mack Delight Audiences with Comicalities,” San Francisco Call , February 24, 1902; “Amusements,” Yakima Herald (WA), February 18, 1903.

72 . “A Long, Sad Farewell,” Broadway Weekly , May 21, 1903, Dan McAvoy clip-pings file, BRTD RL, env. 1376.

73 . “Utica is Pleased with Dan McAvoy,” 1904, Dan McAvoy clippings file, BRTD RL, env. 1376.

74 . “McAvoy Defends His Stage Mayor,” December 30, 1904, Dan McAvoy clip-pings file, BRTD RL, env. 1376.

75 . Ibid. 76 . Undated clipping, Dan McAvoy clippings file, BRTD RL, env. 1376. 77 . “McAvoy’s Face is a Legal Issue,” December 28, 1904, Dan McAvoy clippings

file, BRTD RL, env. 1376. 78 . “The Stage Irishman,” The Gaelic American , January 7, 1905. 79. . Ibid. 80 . Armond Fields, Women Vaudeville Stars: Eighty Biographical Profiles (London,

McFarland, 2006), 14. 81 . Annie Hart clippings file, BRTD RL, env. 629. 82 . “New Advertisements,” Pittsburgh Dispatch (second part), February 15, 1891;

Don Meade, “Kitty O’Neil and Her ‘Champion Jig’: An Irish Dancer on the New York Stage,” New Hibernia Review 6, no. 3 (2002); Gracie Emmett scrapbook, BRTD RL, ser. 3, vol. 451: 3–28; “Gracie Emmett, Appeared in One Comedy Role in US for 5,000 Times,” New York Times , June 11, 1940.

83 . Staples, Male-Female Comedy Teams , 84; “Hopkins’ Trans-Oceanic Star Specialty Co.,” Marietta Daily Leader (OH), February 17, 1898; “Hyde and Behman’s,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle , April 26, 1898; Cullen, Vaudeville Old and New , 1103–05; James and Fannie Donovan clippings file, BRTD RL, ser. 2, vol. 128: 97; Staples, Male-Female Comedy Teams , 86–7.

84 . Toledo Blade , February 21, 1921, Mortons’ clipping file, BRTD RL, env. 1554. 85 . Boston Transcript , May 13, 1919, Mortons’ clipping file, BRTD RL, env.

1554. 86 . Mortons’ clipping file, BRTD RL, env. 1554.

3 PERFORMING IRISHNESS AT TONY PASTOR’S OPERA HOUSE, 1865–1874

1 . Eric Ferrara, The Bowery: A History of Grit, Graft and Grandeur (Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2011), 39.

226 Notes

2 . Tony Pastor’s New Irish Comic Songster , 48–9, collected in Tony Pastor’s Complete Budget of Comic Songs (New York: Dick and Fitzgerald, 1864); Internet Archive, http://archive.org/details/tonypastorscomp00pastgoog .

3 . Fields, Tony Pastor , 33, 44; Susan Kattwinkel, “Negotiating a New Identity: Irish Americans and the Variety Theatre in the 1860s,” in Interrogating America Through Theatre and Performance , ed. William W. Demastes and Iris Smith Fischer (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009), 48–9.

4 . BRTD TP T-MSS 1995–028, b1.f8. The twenty-two plays concerned with Ireland and the Irish are: Stephens’ Escape, or English Rule in Ireland (January and April 1866); Ireland in 1866 (March 1866); The Heart of Erin, or Men of ‘98 (December 1866); Hills of Kerry (March 1867); Irishman in Greece (April 1867 and March 1872); Ireland’s Champion, or O’Donnell of the Hills (October 1867); For Ireland, or The Wearing of the Green (March 1868); Jonathan Wild, or Jack Sheppard in Ireland (August 1868); Ireland After Dark, or Dead O’ Night Boys (November 1868); Irish Hearts and Irish Homes (February 1869); The Chieftain’s Daughter, or The Irish Insurgent (April 1869); Life in Ireland, or The Fair of Clogheen (May 1869 and March 1874); Cormac of the Cave, or Heart of an Irishman (November 1869); Dutchman in Ireland (January 1870); Irish Insurgent (January 1870); The Fenian’s Oath, or The Idiot of Killarney (February 1870); Irishman in Cuba (March 1870); Exile of Erin (March 1870); Dan Donnelly, Champion of Ireland (May 1870, May 1871, January 1873 and March 1884); Don’t Go Molly Darling , described as “an Irish sketch” (1872); The Green above the Red (undated, but also described as an “Irish drama”); and Mac Morgh, or Dan Rhua (also undated). The additional three plays whose titles point to at least some Irish characters are: Shan McCollum (February 1867); The Magic Mirror, or Reilly’s Adventures Among the Turks (November 1867); and Dare Devil Pat, or The Dashing Rider of the Plains (February 1873).

5 . Kattwinkel, “Negotiating a New Identity,” 51. The American-set plays identi-fied by Kattwinkel as featuring Irish characters are: Kidnapped, or The Stolen Child (n.d); Match Girl of New York (n.d); Uncle Sam’s Veterans, or The Soldiers’ Return (1866); New York Volunteers (1867); New York Before and After Dark (1868); High Life and Low Life, or Scenes in New York (1869); Toil (1871); and The Tenth Ward by Day and Night (February and November 1873).

6 . The twelve surviving scripts are Cormac of the Cave , HRC TP b2.f6; Dan Donnelly, Champion of Ireland, HRC TP b3.f1–2; Don’t Go Molly Darling, An Irish Sketch , HRC TP b3.f5; Hills of Kerry, HRC TP b7.f5; The Idiot of Killarney, or The Fenian’s Oath, a Drama in Two Acts , HRC TP b7.f6; Ireland in 1866, or The Dark Hour Before the Dawn, a Drama in One Act , HRC TP b8.f2; Ireland’s Champion , HRC TP b8.f3; Irishman in Cuba, HRC TP b8.f5; Irishman in Greece , by John F. Poole, HRC TP b8.f6; Life in Ireland, or The Fair of Clogheen , HRC TP b10.f3; Might and Right, or The Days of 76 , A National Drama in One Act , HRC TP b12.f2; The Steerage, or Life on the Briny Deep, an Original Dramatic Composition, HRC TP b16.f5.

Notes 227

7 . BRTD TP T-MSS 1995–028, b1.f8. 8 . Kenny, The American Irish , 172, 175. 9 . Fields, Tony Pastor , 33, 42, 44.

10 . “City Amusements,” New York Herald , December 7, 1865. 11 . “Amusements,” New York Herald , January 8, 1866. 12 . Fields, Tony Pastor , 47. 13 . Fields, Tony Pastor , 49. 14 . “Amusements,” New York Herald , September 25, 1866. 15 . Kattwinkel, “Negotiating a New Identity,” 54. 16 . Pierce Egan, Boxiana; Or, Sketches of Ancient and Modern Pugilism: From

the championship of Cribb to the present time , vol. 2 (London: George Virtue, 1824), 388–94.

17 . Kattwinkel, Tony Pastor Presents, 207–23, 245–63, 265–80. 18 . Kattwinkel, “Negotiating a New Identity,” 54. 19 . Barton, Irish National Cinema , 22.

4 REPRESENTATIONS OF IRISH MASCULINITY IN VAUDEVILLE

1 . Joane Nagel, “Masculinity and Nationalism: Gender and Sexuality in the Making of Nations,” Ethnic and Racial Studies 21, no. 2 (1998): 251; Gail Bederman, Manliness and Civilization: A Cultural History of Gender and Race in the United States, 1880–1917 (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1995), 11.

2 . Michael S. Kimmel, Manhood in America: A Cultural History , 2nd edn. (New York: Oxford University Press: 2006), 58, 4, 23; Patricia Kelleher, “Class and Catholic Irish Masculinity in Antebellum America: Young Men on the Make in Chicago,” Journal of American Ethnic History 28, no. 4 (2009): 10.

3 . Gibbons, Transformations in Irish Culture , 131. 4 . Geraldine Meaney, Gender, Ireland and Cultural Change: Race, Sex and Nation

(New York: Routledge, 2010), 5. 5 . Geraldine Moane, “Colonialism and the Celtic Tiger: Legacies of History and

the Quest for Vision,” in Reinventing Ireland: Culture, Society and the Global Economy , ed. Peadar Kirby, Luke Gibbons, and Michael Cronin (London: Pluto Press, 2002), 117.

6 . Donovan, “Good Old Pat,” 6; Snyder, Voice of the City , 113; Rockett, Irish Filmography , 230–40.

7 . Carl Wittke, The Irish in America, 2nd edn. (New York: Russell and Russell, 1970), 260; Snyder, Voice of the City , 48, 114; Cullen, Vaudeville Old and New, 624; photograph of Kelly and Ryan, Thomas Ryan clippings file, BRTD RL, env. 1987.

8 . Kelly and Ryan’s Hibernian Ballet Songster , 36. 9 . Billy Wylie, “Notebook of Vaudeville Songs, Skits and Gags, 1877–79,”

BRTD EC, T-MSS 1929–001, b3.f70.

228 Notes

10 . New York Mirror , December 24, 1899, Tom Nawn clippings file, BRTD RL, env 1594.

11 . New York Telegraph , February 4, 1906, Tom Nawn clippings file, BRTD RL, env 1594; New York Evening World , March 11, 1916.

12 . David N. Doyle, “The Remaking of Irish America, 1845–1880,” in Making the Irish American: History and Heritage of the Irish in the United States , ed. J. J. Lee and Marion R. Casey (New York: New York University Press, 2006), 231.

13 . Cited Williams, ‘Twas Only an Irishman’s Dream , 137. 14 . “Poor O’Hoolahan” cited Williams, ‘Twas Only an Irishman’s Dream , 137;

John Kaiser, “Michael Casey and His Gang of Irish Laborers” (Edison Records, 1905; Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project, Special Collections, University of California Santa Barbara) http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/search.php?queryType=@attr%201=21&query=irish+wit+and+humor&num=1&start=4&sortBy=&sortOrder=ia .

15 . Trachtenberg, The Incorporation of America , 48; Kenny, “Labor and Labor Organizations,” 355; Kenny, The American Irish , 156–57.

16 . Gilbert, American Vaudeville , 65. 17 . Ignatiev, How the Irish Became White , 1; Kevin Kenny, “Race, Violence,

and Anti-Irish Sentiment in the Nineteenth Century,” in Making the Irish American: History and Heritage of the Irish in the United States , ed. J. J. Lee and Marion R. Casey (New York: New York University Press, 2006), 372.

18 . Kenny, The American Irish , 157. 19 . Wylie, “Notebook of Vaudeville Songs.” 20 . Cited Williams, ‘Twas Only an Irishman’s Dream , 138. 21 . Johnny Roach’s When McGuinness Gets a Job Songster , 3–4. 22 . Cited Williams, ‘Twas Only an Irishman’s Dream , 137. 23 . Kelly and Ryan’s Hibernian Ballet Songster , 15. 24 . Kenny, The American Irish , 157. 25 . “Murder in New-Rochelle,” New York Times , September 16, 1878. 26 . Moane, “Colonialism and the Celtic Tiger,” 117–18; Richard Stivers, Hair

of the Dog: Irish Drinking and Its American Stereotype , rev. ed. (New York: Continuum, 2000), 1, 128–33; Kenny, The American Irish , 136.

27 . Stivers, Hair of the Dog , 77, 92. 28 . Ibid., 136, 179, 169, 180. 29 . Kelly and Ryan’s Hibernian Ballet Songster , 32; Harry Kernell’s Eccentric Irish

Songster , 40–1. 30 . Wylie, “Notebook of Vaudeville Songs.” 31 . Ibid. 32 . Clipping dated May 21, 1911, Mortons clippings file, BRTD RL, env. 1554. 33 . William D. Hall, An Undesirable Neighbor (1900; LOC, The American

Variety Stage: Vaudeville and Popular Entertainment, 1870–1920), 4–5, http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/varstg:@OR%28@field%28AUTHOR+@3%28Hall,+William+D++%29%29+@field%28OTHER+@3%28Hall,+William+D++%29%29%29 .

Notes 229

34 . Rockett, The Irish Filmography, 230; “Keith’s Theatre,” Cambridge Chronicle (MA), February 6, 1897; “Amusements,” New York Tribune , June 10, 1894.

35 . “The Gayety,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle , October 8, 1895. 36 . “Amusements,” New York Sun , April 17, 1898; “What the Theaters Are

Offering This Week,” Los Angeles Herald Sunday Supplement , September 3, 1905; “New Acts This Week,” Variety , January 14, 1921.

37 . “Joseph Hart Vaudeville Co. direct from Weber and Fields Music Hall, New York City,” (1899; LOC Theatrical Poster Collection), http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2014635705/ .

38 . Fieldings’ Tipperary Couple Songster (New York: A. J. Fisher, 1874), 34–5, 38. 39 . Harrigan’s Hibernian Tourist Songster (New York: New York Popular

Publishing, 1886), 28. 40 . For a fuller discussion of the Minstrel show dandy, see, for example, William

J. Mahar, Behind the Burnt Cork Mask: Early Blackface Minstrelsy and Antebellum American Popular Culture (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1999), 195–267; Barbara L. Webb, “The Black Dandyism of George Walker: A Case Study in Genealogical Method,” The Drama Review 45, no. 4 (2001): 7–24.

41 . Kelly and Ryan’s Hibernian Ballet Songster , 26. 42 . Melissa Bellanta, “Leary Kin: Australian Larrikins and the Blackface Minstrel

Dandy,” Journal of Social History 42, no. 3 (2009): 677–95; Higham, Strangers in the Land , 8; Stephen Rohs, Eccentric Nation: Irish Performance in Nineteenth Century New York City (Cranbury, NJ: Associated University Presses, 2009), 34–72, 49.

43 . Rohs, Eccentric Nation , 52, 29. 44 . Fieldings’ Tipperary Couple Songster , 45. 45 . J. K. Emmet’s Love of the Shamrock Songster (New York: A. J. Fisher, 1882), 33;

Wylie, “Notebook of Vaudeville Songs.” 46 . Harry Kernell’s Eccentric Irish Songster , 21. 47 . Wylie, “Notebook of Vaudeville Songs.” 48 . J. F. Poole, “No Irish Need Apply,” cited Williams, ‘Twas Only an Irishman’s

Dream , 136. 49 . Harry Kernell’s Eccentric Irish Songster , 17. 50 . Ibid., 7. 51 . Ibid., 28. 52 . Ibid. 53 . Kelly and Ryan’s Hibernian Ballet Songster , 5. 54 . Kimmel, Manhood in America , 40–1; Colleen McDannell, “‘True Men as We

Need Them’: Catholicism and the Irish-American Male,” American Studies 27, no. 2 (1986): 27, 29.

55 . Martin McLoone, Irish Film: The Emergence of a Contemporary Cinema (London: British Film Institute, 2000), 174–83; Kathleen Heininge, Buffoonery in Irish Drama: Staging Twentieth Century Post-Colonial Stereotypes (New York: Peter Lang, 2009), 267.

230 Notes

56 . Harry Lacy, Sam Todd of Yale (1898; LOC, The American Variety Stage: Vaudeville and Popular Entertainment, 1870–1920), 3, http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/varstg:@OR(@f ield(AUTHOR+@3(Lacy,+Harry+))+@field(OTHER+@3(Lacy,+Harry+))) .

57 . Len Spencer and Steve Porter, “Flanagan’s Night Off,” (Edison Records, 1906; Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project, Special Collections, University of California Santa Barbara) http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/search.php?queryType=@attr%201=21&query=irish+wit+and+humor&num=1&start=13&sortBy=&sortOrder=ia .

58 . Steve Porter, “A Morning in Mrs Reilly’s Kitchen” (Edison Records, 1908; Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project, Special Collections, University of California Santa Barbara) http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/search.php?queryType=@attr%201=21&query=irish+wit+and+humor&num=1&start=6&sortBy=cnum&sortOrder=id .

59 . Johnny Roach’s When McGuinness Gets a Job Songster , 3–4. 60 . Dovidio et al., SAGE Handbook , 217. 61 . Lawrence E. Mintz, “Humor and Ethnic Stereotypes in Vaudeville and

Burlesque,” MELUS 21, no. 4 (1996): 21; Wylie, “Notebook of Vaudeville Songs”; Murphy and Mack’s Jolly Sailors Songster (Pittsburgh: American Publishing Company, 187?), 56.

62 . Mortons clippings file, BRTD RL, env. 1554; Sheehan and Sullivan publicity material, BRTD EC, T-MSS 1929–001, b3. f17.

63 . Doyle, “The Remaking of Irish America,” 238; Margaret Lynch-Brennan, “Ubiquitous Bridget: Irish Immigrant Women in Domestic Service in America, 1840–1930,” in Making the Irish American: History and Heritage of the Irish in the United States , ed. J. J. Lee and Marion R. Casey (New York: New York University Press, 2006), 345.

64 . Miller, Emigrants and Exiles , 493; Williams, ‘Twas Only an Irishman’s Dream , 135.

65 . Blessing, “The Irish,” 531; Wittke, The Irish in America , 60. 66 . Harry Kernell’s Eccentric Irish Songster , 33. 67 . The Bitter and Sweet of a Traveling Company . n.d., BRTD TP, T-MSS 1995–

028, b1.f19; “Tammany,” cited Williams, ‘Twas Only an Irishman’s Dream , 139.

68 . “Are You There, Moriarty?,” performed by Mick Moloney, McNally’s Row of Flats: Irish American Songs of Old New York , by Harrigan and Braham (Nashville, TN: Compass Records, 2006).

69 . “McGinty the Ladies’ Pride,” cited Williams, ‘Twas Only an Irishman’s Dream , 139.

70 . Fergusons’ Aristocratic Nigs Songster (New York: Clinton T. De Witt, 1879), 57.

71 . “Theatricals,” St Paul Globe (MN), April 4, 1902; Eddie Girard clippings file, BRTD RL, ser. 3, vol. 414, 146.

72 . Eddie Girard clippings file, BRTD RL, ser. 3, vol. 414, 145.

Notes 231

73 . Ibid., 146. 74 . Ignatiev, How the Irish Became White , 189. 75 . “Gotham Notes,” The Colored American (DC), September 15, 1900. 76 . “The Right to Get Drunk and its Effects,” New York Times , July 10, 1867. 77 . “The Sound Democrat” and The Mulligan Nominee cited Williams, ‘Twas

Only an Irishman’s Dream, 141. 78 . “Old Boss Barry,” performed by Moloney, McNally’s Row of Flats. 79 . Harry Kernell’s Eccentric Irish Songster , 20. 80 . Ibid., 31. 81 . Ibid., 32. 82 . Paul W. Hyde, A Morning’s Hearing (1896; LOC, The American Variety

Stage: Vaudeville and Popular Entertainment, 1870–1920), 1, http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?varstg:2:./temp/~ammem_NE6m:: .

83 . Ibid., 2. 84 . Ibid., 6–7. 85 . William H. A. Williams, “Green Again: Irish American Lace Curtain Satire,”

New Hibernia Review 6, no. 2 (2002): 12, 13. 86 . “My Dad’s Dinner Pail,” performed by Moloney, McNally’s Row of Flats. 87 . Cited Williams, “Green Again,” 13. 88 . Snyder, Voice of the City , 114; M. Alison Kibler, “Rank Ladies, Ladies of

Rank: The Elinore Sisters in Vaudeville,” American Studies 38, no. 1 (1997): 109; Thomas Ryan cited Staples, Male-Female Comedy Teams , 88.

89 . Hall, An Undesirable Neighbor, 1. 90 . Ibid., 8–9. 91 . Ibid., 15.

5 REPRESENTATIONS OF IRISH WOMEN IN VAUDEVILLE

1 . “McFadden’s Row of Flats,” New York Times , March 10, 1903; “Irishmen Hurl Eggs at a Lot of Players,” New York Times , March 28, 1903; “‘McFadden’s Row of Flats’ is Mobbed in Philadelphia,” New York Times , March 31, 1903; Letter to the editor, New York Times , April 5, 1903.

2 . M. Alison Kibler, “The Stage Irishwoman,” Journal of American Ethnic History (Spring 2005): 15; “‘McFadden’s Flats’ Quiet,” New York Times , April 7, 1903.

3 . L. Perry Curtis Jr., Apes and Angels: The Irishman in Victorian Caricature (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1997), 25; Meaney, Gender, Ireland and Cultural Change , 5, 21–40; Catherine Nash, “Embodied Irish: Gender, Sexuality and Irish Identities,” in In Search of Ireland: A Cultural Geography , ed. Brian Graham (London: Routledge, 1997), 114; Sighle Bhreathnach-Lynch, “Landscape, Space and Gender: Their Role in the Construction of Female Identity in Newly-Independent Ireland,” Canadian Woman Studies 17, no. 3 (1997): 26.

232 Notes

4 . “Girl to Show the Irish Type,” New York Evening World , December 21, 1904. 5 . Barbara Welter, “The Cult of True Womanhood: 1820–1860,” American

Quarterly 18, no. 2 (1966): 151–74; Diner, Erin’s Daughters , xiv, 42, 72, 46, 53. 6 . Rockett, Irish Filmography , 230–40. 7 . Maureen Murphy, “Bridget and Biddy: Images of the Irish Servant Girl in

Puck Cartoons 1880–1890,” in New Perspectives on the Irish Diaspora , ed. Charles Fanning (Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 2000), 152–75.

8 . Cited Wittke, The Irish in America , 44. 9 . Diner, Erin’s Daughters , 86; Andrew Urban, “Irish Domestic Servants: ‘Biddy’

and Rebellion in the American Home, 1850–1900,” Gender and History 21, no. 2 (2009): 265.

10 . Ralph M. Skinner and Charles J. Campbell, The Bal Masque (1900; LOC, The American Variety Stage: Vaudeville and Popular Entertainment, 1870–1920), 7–8, http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/varstg:@OR(@field(AUTHOR+@3(Skinner,+Ralph+M+,+and+Charles+J++Campbell+))+@field(OTHER+@3(Skinner,+Ralph+M+,+and+Charles+J++Campbell+))) .

11 . Geraldine Maschio, “Ethnic Humor and the Demise of the Russell Brothers,” Journal of Popular Culture 26, no. 1 (1992): 81–2; “The Irish Servant Girls,” June 6, 1896 and photographs of Russell Brothers in costume, Kernell and Kernell scrapbook, BRTD TW, MWEZ x n.c.4547; Laurence Senelick, The Changing Room: Sex, Drag and Theatre (London: Routledge, 2000), 240–41.

12 . “Egg Russell Brothers in a Brooklyn Theatre,” New York Times , February 1, 1907.

13 . Maschio, “Ethnic Humor,” 85, 90. 14 . Staples, Male-Female Comedy Teams , 84; “Palm Garden Show,” St Paul Globe

(MN), September 20, 1898. 15 . George Monroe clippings file, BRTD RL, env. 1501; Gerald Bordman,

American Musical Theatre: A Chronicle (New York: Oxford University Press, 1978), 101; “Plays and Players,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle , December 23, 1900.

16 . My Aunt Bridget clippings file, BRTD; George Monroe clippings file, BRTD RL, env. 1501; “In Brooklyn Theaters,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle , September 18, 1900.

17 . Review of The Never Homes , George Monroe scrapbook BRTD RL, ser. 2, vol. 280: 99–100.

18 . Ibid. 19 . George Monroe clippings file, BRTD RL, env. 1501. 20 . Diner, Erin’s Daughters , 142–51; Kimmel, Manhood in America , 66. 21 . “Rights of Ladies,” cited Williams, ‘Twas Only an Irishman’s Dream , 142. 22 . E.L. Gamble, “Girls Will Be Girls,” Gamble’s Vaudeville Journal (Stage

Publishing, 1911; Internet Archive), 7–8, http://www.archive.org/details/gamblesvaudevill00gamb .

23 . Senelick, The Changing Room , 297.

Notes 233

24 . Bronwen Walter, Outsiders Inside: Whiteness, Place and Irish Women (London: Routledge, 2001), 66, 69; Faye Dudden cited Walter, 69.

25 . Toll, Blacking Up , 163; Lott, Love and Theft , 164–65; Senelick, The Changing Room , 298.

26 . Senelick, The Changing Room , 297–98; Toll, Blacking Up , 144, 163; Senelick, The Changing Room , 300.

27 . Senelick, The Changing Room , 307–10, 312. 28 . George Monroe, “The Luxury of Laugher,” The Green Book Album , 556,

and March 17, 1913 article in George Monroe clippings file, BRTD RL, env. 1501; Kibler, Rank Ladies: Gender and Cultural Hierarchy , 71; Senelick, The Changing Room , 237.

29 . Richard Ekins, “Screening Male Femaling: Cross-Dressing and Sex-Changing in the Movies,” Chrysalis: The Journal of Transgression Gender Identity 2, no. 4 (1996/97), 47–51.

30 . “Brooks Theatre,” Guthrie Daily Leader (OK), November 28, 1902; “Leader Force Will See Mickey Finn,” Guthrie Daily Leader , October 24, 1903; “The Plays in Brooklyn This Week,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle , October 4, 1897; “Affairs in the Mimic World,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle , January 5, 1902; “Stage Fun of Many Kinds,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle , October 5, 1897; “Brooklyn Music Hall,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle , January 10, 1899; “Vaudeville Houses,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle , November 24, 1901; “Ventriloquist and Other Novelties in Vaudeville,” St Louis Republic , January 15, 1901.

31 . Senelick, The Changing Room , 238; “The Theaters,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle , April 10, 1888; “The Funke,” Lincoln Courier (NE), November 25, 1899.

32 . “Theaters,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle , May 7, 1889. 33 . Kibler, Rank Ladies: Gender and Cultural Hierarchy , 69–71. 34 . Kibler, “Rank Ladies, Ladies of Rank,” 103–05. 35 . Walter, Outsiders Inside , 19; Meaney, Gender, Ireland and Cultural Change ,

22; Diner, Erin’s Daughters , 41–9. 36 . Kelly and Ryan’s Hibernian Ballet Songster , 17. 37 . Ibid. 38 . Ibid., 27. 39 . Wylie, “Notebook of Vaudeville Songs.” 40 . Ibid. 41 . Diner, Erin’s Daughters , 55, 113; Stivers, Hair of the Dog , 187–89. 42 . Diner, Erin’s Daughters , 111. 43 . Johnny Roach’s Centennial Come and Join the Band Songster (New York: Robert

M. De Witt, 1876), 18. 44 . Albert Campbell and Bob Roberts, “Come Down McGinty,” (Edison Records,

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45 . Murphy and Mack’s Jolly Sailors Songster , 56.

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46 . Fergusons’ Aristocratic Nigs Songster, 10. 47 . Barbara O’Connor, “‘Colleens and Comely Maidens’: Representing and

Performing Irish Femininity in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries,” in Ireland in Focus: Film, Photography and Popular Culture , ed. E ó in Flannery and Michael J. Griffin (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2009), 144–65; Diane Negra, Off-White Hollywood: American Culture and Ethnic Female Stardom (London: Routledge, 2001), 25–54; Rains, The Irish-American in Popular Culture , 149–51.

48 . Wylie, “Notebook of Vaudeville Songs.” 49 . Sheridan, Mack and Day’s Grand Combination Songster (New York: Robert M.

De Witt, 1874), 31. 50 . Tony Pastor’s Latest and Best 1877 Songster (New York: C. T De Witt, 1877), 36. 51 . Wylie, “Notebook of Vaudeville Songs,” 79. 52 . Ibid., 82. 53 . Murphy and Mack’s Jolly Sailors Songster , 6. 54 . “Maggie Cline Dies: ‘Irish Queen’ of ‘90s,” New York Times , June 12, 1934. 55 . Meade, “Kitty O’Neil,” 13–14. 56 . Staples, Male-Female Comedy Teams , 13–17. 57 . Rains, The Irish-American in Popular Culture , 144–87. 58 . Ibid., 152. 59 . “Nora Kelly, ‘The Dublin Girl,’ Pastor’s,” Variety , August 4, 1906. 60 . “Nora Kelly Never Saw Dublin,” Variety , August 18, 1906. 61 . Diner, Erin’s Daughters , 94; Lynch-Brennan, “Ubiquitous Bridget,” 332;

Janet Nolan, Ourselves Alone: Women’s Emigration from Ireland, 1885–1920 (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1989), 94; Blessing, “The Irish,” 531; Kenny, The American Irish , 186.

62 . “Brooklyn Theaters,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle , October 22, 1901; Gracie Emmett scrapbook, BRTD RL, ser. 3, vol. 451: 7, 15; “The Week’s Playbills,” Washington Herald (Part 3), January 19, 1908; “Brooklyn Theaters,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle , September 17, 1901.

63 . Edward M. Favor, “Who Threw the Overalls in Mrs Murphy’s Chowder” (Edison Records, 1901; Internet Archive) http://www.archive.org/details/EdwardM.Favor-71-75 .

64 . Cordelia’s Aspirations cited Williams, “Green Again: Irish American Lace Curtain Satire,” 13.

65 . Ibid. 66 . Kibler, “Rank Ladies, Ladies of Rank,” 102–03. 67 . Staples, Male-Female Comedy Teams , 87, 88–9; “Such an Education has my

Mary Ann” and “Maggie Murphy’s Home,” performed by Moloney, McNally’s Row of Flats.

68 . Williams, ‘Twas Only an Irishman’s Dream , 208; Ada Jones and Len Spencer, “Maggie Clancy’s New Piano,” (Edison Records, 1906; Internet Archive), http://www.archive.org/details/AdaJonesAndLenSpencer41–50 .

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6 CONCLUSION

1 . Rains, Irish-American in Popular Culture , 182. 2 . Ben Singer, “Modernity, Hyperstimulus, and the Rise of Popular

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3 . Russell Merritt, “Nickelodeon Theatres 1905–1914: Building an Audience for the Movies,” in The American Film Industry , ed. Tino Balio (Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1976), 60; Ben Singer, “Manhattan Nickelodeons: New Data on Audiences and Exhibitors,” Cinema Journal 34, no. 3 (1995), 28.

4 . Moving Picture World 1, no. 7 (April 20, 1907). 5 . Moving Picture World 1, no. 42 (December 21, 1907). 6 . Gunning, “The Cinema of Attractions,” 60; Rockett, Irish Filmography , 96,

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8 . Moving Picture World 1, no. 6 (April 13, 1907): 90. 9 . Moving Picture World 2, no. 10 (March 7, 1908): 192; Niver, Early Motion

Pictures , 64; Moving Picture World 3, no. 10 (September 5, 1908): 181. 10 . Moving Picture World 5, no. 27 (December 31, 1909). 11 . Moving Picture World 7, no. 10 (September 3, 1910): 537. 12 . Moving Picture World 4, no. 13 (March 27, 1909): 378. 13 . Lawrence J. McCaffrey, “ Going My Way and Irish-American Catholicism:

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14 . Moving Picture World 6, no. 11 (March 19, 1910): 442; Nickelodeon . 1, nos. 1/2 (January/February, 1909): 48.

15 . C ited Richard Abel, Americanizing the Movies and “Movie-Mad” Audiences, 1910–1914 (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2006), 55–6.

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ORIGINAL SCRIPTS

(Note: These are reproduced as per the inventory of the Tony Pastor collection at the Harry Ransom Centre, University of Texas at Austin. Dates are given if it is clear when the plays were written. Otherwise performance dates, where known, are provided in the text). Cormac of the Cave . Dan Donnelly, Champion of Ireland . Don’t Go Molly Darling, An Irish Sketch , by Frank Dumont. 1872. Hills of Kerry . The Idiot of Killarney, or The Fenian’s Oath, a Drama in Two Acts , by W. B.

Cavanagh. Ireland in 1866, or The Dark Hour Before the Dawn, a Drama in One Act , by John

F. Poole. 1866. Ireland’s Champion . Irishman in Cuba. Irishman in Greece , by John F. Poole. 1867. Life in Ireland, or The Fair of Clogheen , by John F. Poole. Might and Right, or The Days of 76 , A National Drama in One Act , by John F. Poole. The Steerage, or Life on the Briny Deep, an Original Dramatic Composition.

FILMOGRAPHY

Caught By Wireless (Biograph 1908) A Daughter of Erin (Selig 1908) Drill, Ye Tarriers Drill (American Mutoscope and Biograph 1900) The Drunken Acrobats (American Mutoscope 1896) Dutch and Irish Politics (Lubin 1903) The Finish of Bridget McKeen (Edison 1901) How Bridget Made the Fire (American Mutoscope and Biograph 1900) How Bridget Served the Salad Undressed (American Mutoscope 1898) How Murphy Paid His Rent (Lubin 1903) Maggie Hoolihan Gets a Job (Path é -Fr è res 1910) Monday Morning in A Coney Island Police Court (Biograph 1908) My Wild Irish Rose (Warner Bros. 1947) The Policeman’s Revolver (Essanay 1909) The Settlement Workers (Selig Polyscope 1909) Shamus O’Brien (Selig 1908) The Shaughraun (Vitagraph 1907) The Truants (American Mutoscope and Biograph 1907) A Wayside Shrine (Vitagraph 1910) The Yellow Peril (Biograph 1908)

“Alderman Flynn,” 124–5“All Coons Look Alike to Me,” 42Any Port in a Storm, 118“Are You There Moriarty?,” 121Aunt Bridget’s Baby, 137

see also Monroe, George W.

Bal Masque, The, 135Banks, Ellen, 190Bards of Tara. See Kelly and RyanBarry, Billy, 29, 46–8, 190Barry and Bannon, 196Barry and Fay, 46–7, 190, 191Bayes, Nora, 41“Biddy Doyle,” 148–9Bitter and Sweet of a Traveling

Company, The, 121blackface, 30–9, 141–2Bradford and Delaney, 101Bridget’s Word Goes, 59, 136–7Bryant, Dan, 37, 49, 178, 179, 180Bryant and Hoey, 29

Carleton, WIlliam, 64, 180, 182, 183Carletons, The, 182, 191Casey and LeClair, 207, 209, 214Casey the Fireman, 41Casey’s Wife, 43–4, 203Caught By Wireless, 167–8Cavanagh, W. B., 64, 71“Chinese They Must Go, The,” 102Cline, Maggie, 58, 152–3, 163, 189“Coal Heavers, The,” 103Cohan, Jerry, 109–10, 181, 184, 192

“Come Down McGinty,” 149Conroy and McDonald, 54, 201, 204,

206Cordelia’s Aspirations, 126–7, 157Cormac of the Cave, or Heart of an

Irishman, 84–5Crane, Lawrence, 207, 213, 214cross-dressing, 135–43Crowders, Reuben. See Hogan,

ErnestCummings, Pet, 53

Daly and Devere, 59–60, 136–7, 195, 197, 202

Dan Donnelly, Champion of Ireland, 85–6

“Daughters of Erin, The,” 151“De Southwark Rebolution,” 33–4Donnelly and Drew, 191, 192Donovan, James B. and Fanny, 59,

204, 209Don’t Go Molly Darling, An Irish

Sketch, 86–7Dooley and the Diamond, 122, 215Dooley the Hod Carrier, 45“Dot Wife of Mine,” 150“Drill, Ye Tarriers Drill,” 103Drunkard’s Dream, The, 106Drunken Acrobat, The. See O’Brien

and Havel“Dublin Policemen,” 121Dumont, Frank, 64, 86Dutch and Irish Rivals, 27Dutchman in Ireland, A, 42

Index

250 Index

Elinore, Kate. See Elinore SistersElinore Sisters, 144–5, 157–8, 163Emerson, Billy, 36–7Emmett, Gracie, 58–9, 156–7, 163,

210ethnic stereotypes, 4, 10–11

dialects, 17–18in early cinema, 18–19in vaudeville, 16–17, 24, 29–30,

40–5, 49African American, 41, 42, 71–5,

90–1, 140–1“Dutch” (German), 27, 40–3,

49, 65, 91, 150, 181, 183, 184, 187, 188, 195, 197, 198, 200, 203, 204, 208, 211, 215

Italian, 41, 50, 65, 91, 103–4, 117–18

Jewish, 40–1, 43–5, 50, 203see also blackface; Irish

stereotypes

“Fair Irish Girls,” 151“Faugh-A-Ballagh Boys,” 112Fay, Hugh, 46, 186, 190

see also Barry and Fayfemale impersonators.

See cross-dressing; Monroe, George W.; Russell Brothers, The

Fenian’s Dream, or Ireland Free at Last, The, 67

Ferguson, Barney, 199, 201, 210Ferguson and Mack, 27, 186, 188,

195, 210, 212Fieldings, The, 109, 111, 183, 185Finish of Bridget McKeen, The, 134“Flanagan’s Night Off,” 116–17Florences, The, 178, 179, 180Four Shamrocks, The, 97, 161, 190Foy, Eddie, 23, 48–9Francis, Kittie, 143–4, 212“Full Moons, The,” 38

Gaylor, Bobby, 37, 54, 195, 213gender

in colonial and nationalist discourse, 24–5, 77, 80–2, 95–7, 110, 115–16, 131–3, 145–7, 150–2

and Irish American identity, 93–4, 105–6, 110–15, 128–30, 154, 159

“George Magee,” 110Gerard, Annie, 58, 163, 196Germany vs. Ireland, 29, 42Gilmore and Leonard, 53–4, 200,

203Girard, Eddie, 122, 215Girls Will Be Girls, 140Go West, or The Emigrant Palace Car, 42Go West on the Emigrant Train.

See Go West, or The Emigrant Palace Car

Goldberg, Leonora. See Bayes, Nora“Grogans, The,” 119Grogan’s Chinese Laundry, 137

Harrigan, Edward, 23, 37–8, 48, 109, 113, 121, 124, 126–7, 157, 158, 185, 190, 192, 193

Hart, Annie, 58, 163, 198Healey’s Hibernian Minstrels, 186, 188“Hibernian Ballet Dancers, The,” 40Hibernicon, The, 178, 179, 180, 181,

183, 185High Life and Low Life, or Scenes in

New York, 91Hills of Kerry, 75–9His Honor, Mayor of the Bowery,

55–7, 214“Hod Carriers, The,” 98Hogan, Ernest, 42Hooley, R. M., 36How Bridget Made the Fire, 134How Bridget Served the Salad

Undressed, 134“How Differend Dings Will Be,” 43

Index 251

“I Haven’t Been Home Since Morning,” 107

“I Leave Ireland and Mother Because We Are Poor,” 147

Idiot of Killarney, or The Fenian’s Oath, 71–5

“I’m What You Call a Military Man,” 113

immigration to US (19th century), 5–6, 8, 10

Irish immigration statistics: 5–7Ireland in 1866, or The Dark Hour

Before Dawn, 68–71Ireland’s Champion, or O’Donnell of

the Hills, 79–82Irish in the United States

class, 7–8employment, 6–7labor unrest, 101population, 7racial tensions, 30–4, 102–4, 141religion, 3settlement patterns, 6

Irish Pawnbrokers, The, 44“Irish Servant Girls, The.” See Russell

Brothers, The“Irish Servants, The,” 185Irish stereotypes

on the antebellum stage, 2, 4, 8–11on the British stage, 8–9character types in vaudeville

colleen, 132–3, 150–5, 159, 164, 184

cop, 120–4, 187, 202, 214, 215domestic servant, 134–45, 156,

159drunken Irish, 36–7, 43, 72, 75,

79–80, 82, 84, 90–3, 98, 101, 104–9, 112, 114–19, 124, 126, 158

fighting Irish, 53, 82, 86, 88–90, 93, 100, 104, 107–8, 111–15, 150, 152

laborer, 97–104

mother, 126, 145–50politician, 123–5

comparison to African Americans, 3in contemporary media, 1in early cinema, 19–20, 97,

108–9, 134, 165–71see also ethnic stereotypes

Irishman in Cuba, 88–9, 93Irishman in Greece, 90–1“Is That Mr Reilly?,” 102–3

Janitress, The, 59, 136Johnson, Carroll, 36“Just Landed,” 125

Kalem Company, 92–3“Kate Riley,” 152Keegan’s Tailor Shop, 50, 183Kelly, John T., 38, 193, 194, 197

see also Kelly and RyanKelly, John W., 97, 199Kelly, Nora, 155Kelly, Sheila, 132–3Kelly and Ryan, 27, 29, 40, 49, 97–8,

99, 103, 106, 114–15, 129, 146–7, 161, 188, 189

Kernell, Harry, 37, 47, 50–1, 53, 113–14, 124–5, 162, 185, 192, 195

Kernell, John, 52, 197, 200, 211, 212Kernell Brothers, 27, 29, 50–3, 187,

194“Knights of Irish Labor,” 101

“Laboring Man, The,” 112–13lace curtain Irish, 7–8, 120–8, 155–9Life in Ireland, or The Fair of Clogheen,

66, 82–3

Mag Haggerty sketches, 127, 158see also Ryan and Richfield

“Maggie Clancy’s New Piano,” 158Maggie Hoolihan Gets a Job, 169–70“Maggie Murphy’s Home,” 158Maloney, Billy, 137

252 Index

“Mary Hughes,” 152McAvoy, Dan, 55–8, 214“McCormack the Copper,” 121–2McFadden’s Row of Flats, 131–2McSwiggan’s Parliament, 46“Michael Casey and his gang of Irish

laborers,” 101“Mickey Doran,” 152“Micks,” 109Might and Right, or The Days of

’76, 27, 65, 89–90, 93minstrel shows. See blackfaceMonday Morning in A Coney

Island Police Court, 168–9Monroe, George W., 137–9, 142–3,

189Moore, Flora, 27, 189“Morning in Mrs Reilly’s Kitchen,

A,” 117Morning’s Hearing, A, 125–6, 168Morris and Allen, 45Morton, Sam and Kitty.

See Mortons, TheMorton and Slater, 54, 203Mortons, The, 59–61, 107, 119, 163“Mother’s Last Words,” 147Mrs Bridget O’Shaughnessy, Wash Lady,

137–9, 142see also Monroe, George W.

Mrs Maas’s Troupe, 41, 184Mrs Murphy’s Second Husband, 58–9,

156–7, 210see also Emmett, Gracie

“Mulcahey Twins, The,” 109Muldoon’s Picnic, 47, 53, 188, 193Murphy, Mr and Mrs Mark, 54, 59,

60, 209, 210Murphy and Francis, 42Murphy and Mack, 152, 185, 190Murphy and Shannon, 43Murray, Elizabeth, 144, 213Murray and Mack, 55, 210, 216My Aunt Bridget, 137

see also Monroe, George W.

“My Little Irish Queen,” 36My Wild Irish Rose, 37

Nawn, Tom, 100, 210Nawns, The, 197, 204, 206Neeson, Patrick, 53Never Homes, The, 137, 139

see also Monroe, George W.New York Mechanics, 91“No Irish Need Apply,” 63, 113, 151

O’Brien and Havel, 108–9“O’Brien’s Raffle,” 107Ogden, J. H., 49–50, 162Olcott, Chauncey, 38One Touch of Nature, 100O’Neil, Kitty, 29, 58, 153“O’Shaughnessy Guards, The,” 114Our Bridget’s Home, 137

see also Monroe, George W.Over the Garden Wall, 137

see also Monroe, George W.

“Parade of the A.O.H,” 114, 115Pastor, Tony, 16, 24, 27, 29, 42, 47,

61, 63–94, 151, 162, 190, 204, 212, 214

“Pat and the Dutchman,” 42–3“Pat O’Brien,” 112–13Peasleys, The, 27“Philadelphia Riots,” 33Policeman’s Revolver, The, 169Poole, John F., 63, 6, 67, 68, 82, 89,

90, 113“Poor O’Hoolahan,” 101population growth, 5

see also immigration to US (19th century)

Primrose, George H., 37“Purty Pat, the Masher,” 118–19, 149

Ray, Johnny, 41“Real Coon Habits,” 42“Representative Irishman, A” 147–8

Index 253

Richmond, Adah, 114Rickey, Sam, 53“Rights of Ladies,” 139–40“Rising Politician, The,” 125“Rollicking, Roving Barney,” 109–10Rooney Sr., Pat, 23, 48, 97, 102,

118–19, 149, 182Russell Brothers, The, 37, 135–6, 198,

200, 201, 210, 214see also cross-dressing

Ryan, Thomas J., 127see also Kelly and Ryan; Ryan and

RichfieldRyan and Richfield, 127, 157, 205

Sam Todd of Yale, 116Scanlan, Walter. See van Brunt,

WalterScanlan and Cronin, 112, 122, 186“Scrubbing Women,” 146–7Settlement Workers, The, 170“Shamrock Guards, The,” 114–15Sheehan and Jones, 27, 186Sheehan and Kennedy, 203, 205, 207Sheehan and Sullivan, 119Simonds, Lottie West, 206, 212, 216“Slavery Days,” 38“Sound Democrat, The” 124St. George Hussey, Miss, 144stage Irish

on antebellum stage, 9–11in British theatre, 8–9protests against, 46–7, 55–7, 131–2,

136Steerage, or Life on the Briny Deep,

65, 91Stephens’ Escape, or English Rule in

Ireland, 67–8stereotyping, theory, 4–5

see also ethnic stereotypes; Irish stereotypes

Stuart Sisters, 151“Such an Education has my Mary

Ann,” 158

“Tammany,” 121“Terrible Example, A,” 106“That’s My Sister,” 98–100Thornton, Bonnie, 197Thorntons, The, 59Truants, The, 168Two Armstrongs, The, 29

Undesirable Neighbor, An, 107–8, 127–8

Unwelcome Visitors, 27, 42urbanization, 5

van Brunt, Walter, 42variety theatre. See vaudeville,

development ofvaudeville

audiences, 11–12, 14–15, 17–18, 162, 165–6

“clean-up,” refinement of, 14–15development of, 13–16, 49and early cinema, 18–20

Waters, Nellie, 144, 202, 209Wayside Shrine, A, 171Weber and Fields, 41“When McGuinness Gets a Job,” 103,

104, 117–18“When Us Four Coons Are Wed,”

38–9“Who Threw the Overalls in Mrs

Murphy’s Chowder,” 157Widow Dooley’s Dream, The, 137

see also Monroe, George W.Williams, Mr and Mrs Barney, 49,

179, 181“Wish You Could Hab Seen Dat

Nigger’s Eye,” 36

Yeamans, Annie, 206, 215Yellow Peril, The, 168“Young America and Ould Ireland,”

63–4Young America in Ireland, 68