New-Yorker Stadt-Theater

Event Information

Venue(s):
New-Yorker Stadt-Theater [45-47 Bowery- post-Sept 1864]

Proprietor / Lessee:
Eduard Hamann [prop.-dir.]
Hermann Rosenberg

Conductor(s):
Adolph Neuendorff

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
20 August 2018

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

16 Jan 1868, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: Ernst [actor, playwright] Rethwisch

2)

Kaufmann und Seefahrer

Text Author: Rethwisch

3)

Kaufmann und Seefahrer, [incidental music]

Composer(s): Thoms

4)

Zigeuner, Der

Text Author: Berba

5)

Zigeuner, Der, [incidental music]

Composer(s): Conradi

Citations

1)

Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 16 January 1868, 6.

Includes cast list.

2)

Review: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 19 January 1868, 4.

…The first piece was written in a North-German (platt-deutsch) dialect for an audience from that region. Even if hard to understand and relate to for the audience from other parts of Germany, the performance was still a pleasure. The authenticity of the scenes from a typical person’s life was depicted with humor and acting skill. The second piece was more relatable. Acting, singing and dancing were excellent, the playwrighting superb.