Overview

The Sacramento Theatre may have been the city's first, as it was in operation on 04/23/1855. B.A. Baker managed the acting troupe at the time. (See Sacramento Theater advertisement," Sacramento Daily Union, vol. 9, no. 1273, 04/23/1855, p. 2.) On 04/23/1855, the last night of the season, two plays, "Hunchback" and "Two Bonnycastles!" were staged. Other attractions included dancers doing the highland fling and a testimonial for the theater's lessee J. Clark Smith, by California's governor and lieutenant governor, and actors in the troupe. Cost of tickets included $2 for dress circle and parquette, $1 for the pit, and $12 for private boxes.

PCAD id: 22654