Othello

Event Information

Venue(s):
Booth's Theatre

Manager / Director:
D. W. [actor] Waller

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
27 July 2019

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

12 Apr 1869, 8:00 PM
13 Apr 1869, 8:00 PM
14 Apr 1869, 8:00 PM
15 Apr 1869, 8:00 PM
16 Apr 1869, 8:00 PM
17 Apr 1869, 1:30 PM

Program Details

McVicker performed “Willow” as part of Othello; it was composed expressly for her by Mollenhauer.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Othello, [play]
Text Author: Shakespeare
Participants:  Mary [actress] McVicker (role: Desdemon);  Mark Smith (role: Brabantio);  Edwin Thomas Booth (role: Othello);  Fanny [actress] Morant (role: Emilia);  Edwin Adams [actor] (role: Iago)
2)
"Willow song"
Composer(s): Mollenhauer [viola-vn]
Participants:  Mary [actress] McVicker

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 12 April 1869, 12.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 12 April 1869, 7.
3)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 12 April 1869, 4.

No mention of music.

4)
Announcement: New York Sun, 12 April 1869, 2.

Announcement cut off in Music in Gotham copy.

5)
Review: New York Herald, 13 April 1869, 5.

Positive review; no mention of music.

6)
Review: New-York Times, 13 April 1869, 4.

Positive review; no mention of music.

7)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 13 April 1869, 5.

Long and positive review. McVicker’s “singing of the Wilow Song received, and deserved, the heartiest commendation.”

8)
Advertisement: New-York Daily Tribune, 15 April 1869, 7.
9)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 17 April 1869, 14.

“‘Romeo and Juliet,’ after having enjoyed an uninterrupted and brilliant run of ten weeks at Booth’s Theatre, is withdrawn this evening to give place to ‘Othello’ [lists cast].”

10)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 20 April 1869, 5.

Brief. “Booth’s ‘Othello’ Matinée was largely attended on Saturday.”

11)
Review: New York Clipper, 24 April 1869, 22.

Long and positive review; no mention of music