Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots

Event Information

Venue(s):
Broadway Theatre [485 Broadway; 1864-69]

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
15 April 2018

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

18 Sep 1868, 8:00 PM
19 Sep 1868, Matinee
19 Sep 1868, 8:00 PM

Program Details

Friday’s performance to benefit Mrs. Lander. Translation from German to English by Mrs. Frances Kemble.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Maria Stuart, (Schiller)
aka Mary Stuart
Text Author: Schiller
Participants:  Mrs. Frederick William Lander (role: Mary Stuart);  George Becks (role: Sir James Melville);  James H. [English comic, vocalist] Taylor (role: Earl of Lancaster)

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Post, 14 September 1868, 4.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 16 September 1868.
3)
Announcement: New York Post, 16 September 1868, 2.

Announces benefit.

4)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 16 September 1868, 7.
5)
Announcement: New York Post, 17 September 1868, 4.

Announces benefit.

6)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 18 September 1868.

Announces benefit.

7)
Announcement: New York Post, 18 September 1868, 2.

Announces benefit.

8)
Review: New-York Times, 19 September 1868, 4.

No mention of music.

9)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 19 September 1868, 5.

No mention of music.

10)
Review: New York Clipper, 26 September 1868, 198.

“Mrs. L’s benefit on the 18th, when she appeared as Mary Stuart, attracted a good house, and the performance gave much satisfaction.”