1868
Event Information
Venue(s):
Academy of Music
Proprietor / Lessee:
Broadway between Prince and Houston Sts. Buckley's Hall
Price: $.75; $.50 family circle
Event Type:
Play With Music
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
11 May 2018
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
21 Sep 1868, 8:00 PMProgram Details
Performers and/or Works Performed
Citations
“From the list of dramatis personae, and the unusual style of the circular, we judge the affair to be a political hoax.”
“…the Worrell Sisters will also give us another term of English bouffe opera, we are told.”
For Sept. 16 at the New-York Theatre. “There is evidently some misunderstanding, but it is not our business to straighten it out.”
For Sept. 16 at the New-York Theater.
“The Academy of Music opens this evening with the Worrell Sisters as lessees. A new comedy, written by Mr. George Marlow, entitled 1868, or the Bride of a Politician, will be presented for the first time upon this occasion. The Worrell Sisters, however, will not appear in propria persona, but a strong company have been engaged to do justice to the piece.”
Just a mention that the event took place.
“The Academy of Music is once more a sealed sepulchre [sic]. The performances of ‘1868’ have been discontinued. A dissatisfaction and disagreement about finances occurred on Tuesday, and there was no second performance of the piece. The Worrell Sisters disclaim any connection with the enterprise.”
“The Worrell Sisters, having returned from their brief western tour to find themselves debarred from taking possession of their own theatre, have taken a lease of the Academy of Music for the purpose of producing a new American comedy by George Marlow entitled, 1868. They open this evening with the following company—Henrietta Irving, Mrs. Wilkins, Miss Noemia, F. C. Bangs, D. Myron, Theo. Hamilton, H. Rynar, Wm. Hamblin, Mr. Murray, and Mr. Ashley. The latest report about the Worrell Sisters’ Theatre is that these ladies intend throwing up the lease, which is the only way the present incumbent can be ejected by Mr. Stewart.”
“‘1868’” went out at the Academy of Music on Sept. 21st, being its first and last appearance on any stage. Although the Worrell Sisters headed the bills as lessees, yet they disavow all connection with the speculation. Now, with all due deference to the young ladies, would it not have looked better if this disclaimer had appeared before the failure occurred? What if ‘1856’ had turned out to be a great success? But it failed, lamentably failed; political plays will never become popular; we see and hear too much of such affairs in real life; the mimic action can never equal the reality. Various names are credited with the authorship of ‘1856.’ In charity for a ‘lost cause,’ let us omit all mention of the author.”