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:
30 July 2017

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

30 Dec 1867, 8:00 PM
31 Dec 1867, 8:00 PM
01 Jan 1868, 8:00 PM
02 Jan 1868, 8:00 PM
03 Jan 1868, 8:00 PM
04 Jan 1868, 1:30 PM
04 Jan 1868, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Midsummer night’s dream, A
Text Author: Shakespeare
Participants:  George Washington Lafayette Fox (role: Bottom);  Rosa Cooke [soprano] (role: Oberon, with singing);  William Davidge, unidentifiable (role: Quince)
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
Participants:  Rosa Cooke [soprano]

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 30 December 1867.
2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 01 January 1868, 8.
3)
Review: New York Clipper, 04 January 1868, 310, 3d col., middle.

Brief; no mention of music.