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:
13 July 2018

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

15 Jun 1868, Evening
16 Jun 1868, Evening
17 Jun 1868, Evening
18 Jun 1868, Evening
19 Jun 1868, Evening
20 Jun 1868, Evening
20 Jun 1868, 1:30 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Flash of lightning, A
Text Author: Daly
Participants:  W. J. [actor] Williams;  James [actor] Carden;  John H. [actor] Jack;  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
2)
Flash of lightning, A, [incidental music]
Composer(s): Withers, Jr.

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 14 June 1868.
2)
Announcement: New York Sun, 15 June 1868, 2.
3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 16 June 1868, 7.
4)
Announcement: New-York Times, 21 June 1868, 4.

Presentation of H. M. Pray, treasurer of the theater, with a massive gold watch, chain, and inscription.

5)
Review: New York Herald, 22 June 1868, 5.
Brief; no mention of music.
6)
Review: New York Clipper, 27 June 1868, 94, 2d col., top.

Brief: “’A Flash of Lightning’ does not find in the Broadway Theatre a great point of attraction.”