Midsummer Night’s Dream

Event Information

Venue(s):
Olympic Theatre

Proprietor / Lessee:
James E. [manager, proprietor] Hayes

Conductor(s):
Anthony, Jr. Reiff

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
31 March 2017

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

23 Dec 1867, 8:00 PM
24 Dec 1867, 8:00 PM
25 Dec 1867, 1:30 PM
25 Dec 1867, 8:00 PM
26 Dec 1867, 8:00 PM
27 Dec 1867, 8:00 PM
28 Dec 1867, 1:30 PM
28 Dec 1867, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Midsummer night’s dream, A
Text Author: Shakespeare
Participants:  William Davidge, unidentifiable (role: Quince));  George Washington Lafayette Fox (role: Bottom);  Rosa Cooke [soprano] (role: Oberon, with singing)
2)
Sommernachtstraum, Ein
aka Midsummer night's dream
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
3)
"Lo! Hear the gentle lark"
aka Gentle lark; Lo! Here the gentle lark
Composer(s): Bishop

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 23 December 1867.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 23 December 1867.
3)
Review: New York Herald, 24 December 1867, 8.

“…Miss Rosa Cooke’s Oberon, a semi-operatic part, which she plays remarkably well. The house last night was well filled.”

4)
Review: New-York Times, 30 December 1867, 4.

Discusses the scenery, no mention of music.