On September 16, 1910, The New York Times ran a small article about a want-ad soliciting 300 cats for performances at the Manhattan Opera House on 34th Street.
According to the article, the stage director would accept all cats–with or without stage experience–to take part in the production of “Hans, the Flute Player.” The comedic opera was going to be the opening act for Oscar Hammerstein’s opera house.
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1902: The Milch Cow and Farm at Oscar Hammerstein’s on 42nd Street
Posted: 23rd May 2014 by The Hatching Cat in Animal AttractionsTags: Animal Tales, Belasco's, New Victory Theater, New York History, Oscar Hammerstein, Paradise Roof Garden, Theatre Republic, Victoria Theatre
Oscar Hammerstein had a farm (EIEIO). And on this farm he had a watermill, a windmill, a pond with a bridge and two boats, a few stone houses, a vegetable garden, a donkey, a turkey, a rooster, four hens, a near-sighted monkey, three peanut monkeys, several sheep, 1 duck and 4 ducklings.
