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, EveningPerformers and/or Works Performed
2)
Participants: James [actor, dancer] Lewis (role: Rebecca); Betty Rigl; Emily Rigl; Emily [vocalist] Pitt (role: Rowena); Minnie [vocalist] Jackson (role: The Palmer); Mary [vocalist] Pitt (role: Prince John); Maggie [actress] Desmond (role: Wamba)
Citations
3)
“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.”
5)
Notes that Holt, who has missed many performances of late on account of illness, is sufficiently recovered.