Robinson Crusoe

Event Information

Venue(s):
Wood's Museum and Metropolitan Theatre

Conductor(s):
Fred W. [conductor] Humphreys

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
28 August 2019

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

17 May 1869, All Day
18 May 1869, All Day
19 May 1869, All Day
20 May 1869, All Day
21 May 1869, All Day
22 May 1869, All Day

Program Details

Performances at 2pm and 8pm daily.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Robinson Crusoe, [pantomime]
aka Bold bucaniers
Text Author: Millward
Participants:  Marion Taylor (role: Elf);  Marie [actress] Longmore (role: Robinson Crusoe);  Joseph [actor, manager] Irving (role: Atkins);  J. W. [actor and former minstrel] Wallace (role: King)

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 17 May 1869, 12.
2)
Announcement: New York Sun, 17 May 1869, 1.
3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 17 May 1869, 7.
4)
Review: New York Herald, 18 May 1869, 7.

No mention of music.

5)
Announcement: New-York Times, 18 May 1869, 5.

Notes some changes made to the “very apparent improvement” of the work: “…It now includes two parts, the pantomime and the burlesque being kept quite distinct from each other, and a very beautiful transformation scene, with which the first of the two acts terminates…” No mention of music.

6)
Review: New York Sun, 20 May 1869, 1.

“The singers are in accord with the orchestra, and the complicated machinery of the scenes runs smoothly... We can only repeat our commendation of Miss Taylor’s very good singing. She has a pretty voice and a more than usual amount of execution... The music is under the direction of Mr. F. W. Humphrey, a most capable leader. The selections are made with much taste, and the teneral excellence of the play is largely aided by the efficiency of the orchestra.” 

7)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 22 May 1869, 3.

“The songs are good, for the most part, but the remainder of the text is generally weak.”

8)
Review: New York Clipper, 29 May 1869, 62.

No mention of music.