Maud’s Peril

Event Information

Venue(s):
Wallack's Theatre

Proprietor / Lessee:
Lester Wallack

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
27 September 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

25 Nov 1867, 8:00 PM
26 Nov 1867, 8:00 PM
27 Nov 1867, 8:00 PM
28 Nov 1867, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Maud's peril, [drama]
Text Author: Phillips
2)
Maud's peril, [incidental music]
Composer(s): Baker

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 23 November 1867.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 25 November 1867.
3)
Review: New York Herald, 26 November 1867, 7.

“Wisely complying with the urgent popular demand for novelty and variety, Mr. Lester Wallack has suspended the representation of the old but sterling plays which have lately been produced at his theatre….”

4)
Review: New-York Times, 26 November 1867, 5.

Calls it a melodrama, but mentions no music. Includes synopsis of plot.

5)
Review: New York Clipper, 30 November 1867, 270.

“Wallack’s Theatre has been doing old comedies, well cast and well performed, and the attendance has not been bad, considering that there was no opera at the Academy during the week. But what are these old comedies, and these great casts when compared to the youthful Lotta, who, in the worst season of the year, crowded this house as it had not been crowded since? Would it not be policy to secure this little lady again?”