Emerald Ring

Event Information

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

Price: $.50

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
31 December 2018

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

21 Dec 1868, 8:00 PM
22 Dec 1868, 8:00 PM
23 Dec 1868, 8:00 PM
24 Dec 1868, 8:00 PM
25 Dec 1868, 1:30 PM
25 Dec 1868, 8:00 PM
26 Dec 1868, 1:30 PM
26 Dec 1868, 8:00 PM

Program Details

Benefit for Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams on Wednesday.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Emerald ring, The
Text Author: Brougham
Participants:  Maria [Mrs. Barney] Williams (role: Maggie Macarty);  Barney Williams (role: Mike Macarty);  Kate Newton;  Anne Hartley Gilbert [actress];  J. C. [actor] Williamson;  James [actor] Carden

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 20 December 1868.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 21 December 1868, 7.
3)
Announcement: New-York Times, 21 December 1868, 4.

“The Christmas attraction at the Broadway Theatre will be Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams in the entertaining and extremely picturesque drama of The Emerald Ring, which may now be said to fit the public to a nicety.  Of the ring mementos of this place, manager Moore has distributed over 5,000.”

4)
Announcement: New York Herald, 21 December 1868, 6.

The Broadway Theatre was crowded all last week.

5)
Review: New York Herald, 23 December 1868, 6.

The Emerald Ring is a success.  The sensational effects of the wrecked ship and the rising tide engulfing the fair heroine of the drama are so painfully natural that the silence which they command from the audience becomes so intense that the drawing of breath and almost the beating of hearts can be heard.  However, the doomed are saved just in time.  The piece will continue for a long time.

6)
Announcement: New-York Times, 24 December 1868, 5.
7)
Review: New York Herald, 24 December 1868, 3.

The hall was crowded largely with Irish for the benefit last evening. 

8)
Review: New York Herald, 25 December 1868, 5.

The Emerald Ring was received well last night.

9)
Review: New York Herald, 27 December 1868.

The Emerald Ring was funny.  The matinee was crowded.

10)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 02 January 1869, 310, 3d col., bottom.

Indisposition of Kate Newton.