Waverley Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
Waverley Theatre

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
11 September 2019

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

31 Mar 1869, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

2)
Text Author: Byron
Participants:  Emily Rigl;  Emily [vocalist] Pitt (role: Rowena);  Minnie [vocalist] Jackson (role: The Palmer);  Mary [vocalist] Pitt (role: Prince John);  Maggie [actress] Desmond (role: Wamba);  James [actor, dancer] Lewis (role: Rebecca);  Betty Rigl

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 29 March 1869.
2)
Announcement: New-York Times, 31 March 1869.
3)
Review: New York Herald, 01 April 1869, 9.

“All entered heartily into the spirit of their respective parts, while the dancing of the Rigl sisters, and particularly a liberal infusion of Offenbacnian element in the piece, enlivened much the elephantine heaviness which, to our notion, characterizes almost all English burlesques. Perhaps we could stand even a stage version of the ‘Comic Blackstone,’ with the help of plenty of music from Offenbach’s operas bouffes.”

4)
Review: New-York Times, 01 April 1869, 4.

No mention of music.

5)
Review: New York Clipper, 03 April 1869, 414.

Notes that Holt, who has missed many performances of late on account of illness, is sufficiently recovered.

6)
Review: New York Clipper, 10 April 1869, 6.