Flash of Lightning

Event Information

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

Price: $.50

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
6 July 2018

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

10 Jun 1868, Evening
11 Jun 1868, Evening
12 Jun 1868, Evening
13 Jun 1868, Evening
13 Jun 1868, 1:30 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Flash of lightning, A
Text Author: Daly
Participants:  H. [actor] Murdock;  Kitty Blanchard;  G. H. [actor] Gilbert;  John K. Mortimer;  Amelie [actress] Harris;  Harry [actor] Ryner;  Anna [actress] Cave;  McKee Rankin;  Ella Turner;  George F. [actor] Browne;  Blanche [actress] Grey;  W. J. [actor] Williams;  James [actor] Carden;  John H. [actor] Jack
2)
Flash of lightning, A, [incidental music]
Composer(s): Withers, Jr.

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Herald, 31 May 1868, 4.
2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 01 June 1868, 4.

[doesn’t specify when this begins]

3)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 06 June 1868, 70, 2d col., middle.

For 8 June.

4)
Announcement: New-York Times, 07 June 1868, 4.
5)
Announcement: New York Herald, 08 June 1868, 4.
6)
Announcement: New-York Times, 08 June 1868, 5.
7)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 10 June 1868.

Includes cast list and synopsis of tableaux.

8)
Announcement: New-York Times, 10 June 1868, 4.
9)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 10 June 1868, 10.

Detailed cast list and synopsis of the acts.

10)
Review: New-York Times, 11 June 1868, 4.

Extended review; no mention of music.

11)
Review: New York Herald, 12 June 1868, 7.

No mention of music.

12)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 13 June 1868, 78, 3d col., top.

Opening postponed from 8 June because of the author’s illness.

13)
Announcement: New York Sun, 13 June 1868, 1.
14)
Review: New York Clipper, 20 June 1868, 86, 2d col., middle.

No mention of music.

15)
Review: New York Clipper, 27 June 1868, 94.

  “does not find in the Broadway Theatre a great point of attraction”