Lottery of Life

Event Information

Venue(s):
Wallack's Theatre

Proprietor / Lessee:
Lester Wallack

Conductor(s):
Thomas Baker

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
28 March 2018

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

20 Jul 1868, Evening
21 Jul 1868, Evening
22 Jul 1868, Evening
23 Jul 1868, Evening
24 Jul 1868, Evening
25 Jul 1868, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
aka Policy officer of existence
Text Author: Brougham
Participants:  John Brougham

Citations

1)
Article: New York Clipper, 20 July 1868, 126.

Advice to Lotta not to close the summer season (because of the lack of success of Lottery of Life) and to continue her respite.

2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 20 July 1868, 5.
3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 20 July 1868.
4)
Announcement: New-York Times, 20 July 1868, 4.
5)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 20 July 1868, 7.
6)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 25 July 1868, 126.
7)
Review: New York Sun, 25 July 1868, 2.

“The ‘pretty waiter girls’ were never so charmingly represented as they are by the young ladies of Mr. Brougham’s troupe, and the Ethiopian minstrels would do credit to themselves as independent performers.”