After Dark

Event Information

Venue(s):
Niblo's Garden

Conductor(s):
Howard Glover

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
2 July 2019

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

30 Nov 1868, 8:00 PM
01 Dec 1868, 8:00 PM
02 Dec 1868, 8:00 PM
03 Dec 1868, 8:00 PM
04 Dec 1868, 8:00 PM
05 Dec 1868, 1:00 PM
05 Dec 1868, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

2)
Composer(s): Glover

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 29 November 1868.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 30 November 1868, 7.
3)
Announcement: New-York Times, 01 December 1868, 4.
4)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 01 December 1868, 8.
5)
Review: New York Post, 03 December 1868.

“’After Dark,’ as given with all its elaborate scenery and appointments, is having a genuine success at Niblo’s where it is attracting crowded audiences every evening. It will be repeated till further notice. The receipts at this house on Thursday last (Thanksgiving Day) were larger than were ever before taken at this favorite place of amusement. The house contained over four thousand persons; and the receipts were $3,300, while nearly four thousand people were turned from the door, unable to obtain admission.”

6)
Review: New York Clipper, 12 December 1868, 286, 3d col., middle.

McKee Rankin has been replaced by Mr. Thorne; no mention of music