Midsummer Night’s Dream

Event Information

Venue(s):
Olympic Theatre

Proprietor / Lessee:
James E. [manager, proprietor] Hayes

Manager / Director:
George Washington Lafayette Fox

Conductor(s):
Anthony, Jr. Reiff

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
22 August 2018

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

27 Jan 1868, 8:00 PM
28 Jan 1868, 8:00 PM
29 Jan 1868, 8:00 PM
30 Jan 1868, 8:00 PM
31 Jan 1868, 8:00 PM
01 Feb 1868, 1:30 PM
01 Feb 1868, 8:00 PM

Program Details

Clifton W. Tayleure, business manager.

Rosa Cooke's role as Oberon included singing.

The songs "I know a bank," "Lo! Hear the gentle lark," and "Where the bee sucks" were included in the performance of the play.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Text Author: Shakespeare
Participants:  George Washington Lafayette Fox (role: Bottom);  Rosa Cooke [soprano] (role: Oberon)
2)
aka Midsummer night's dream
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
3)
Composer(s): Horn [composer]
Text Author: Shakespeare
4)
aka Gentle lark; Lo! Here the gentle lark
Composer(s): Bishop

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 27 January 1868, 7.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 27 January 1868.
3)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 01 February 1868, 342.

Announces that one hundreth and final performance is on Saturday (02/01/68).