Wandering Jew

Event Information

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

Price: $1 orchestra, balcony chairs; $.75 reserved; $.50; $.20 family circle

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
28 December 2019

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

28 Jun 1869, All Day
29 Jun 1869, All Day
30 Jun 1869, All Day
01 Jul 1869, All Day
02 Jul 1869, All Day
03 Jul 1869, All Day

Program Details

Performances daily at 2 pm and 8 pm. Premiere of The wandering Jew. Ticket also includes museum entry.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Text Author: Sue
Participants:  Edward [actor] Eddy (role: Dagobert)

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 19 June 1869, 86.

For Edward Eddy at Wood’s, not specifically for The Wandering Jew.

2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 20 June 1869, 11.

“MONDAY, June 28, 1869, the celebrated tragedian, MR. E. EDDY, having made arrangements with the management, will have the honor of producing for the first time in New York the great sensational dramatization by Eugène Sue of his own remarkable work, entitled the WANDERING JEW.”

3)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 24 June 1869, 4.

“‘The Wandering Jew’ is in active preparation, at Wood’s Museum, to be brought out next Monday, with Mr. Eddy as the rovering Isrealite.”

4)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 26 June 1869, 94.

“E. Eddy, an old time favorite with the East Siders, gives the West Siders an opportunity to witness his acting next week, by appearing at Wood’s Museum, on the 28th inst., in a dramatization of ‘The Wandering Jew.’ It is announced that every person engaged in the cast will be ‘to the manor born.’”

5)
Announcement: New York Herald, 27 June 1869, 3.

No mention of music.

6)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 27 June 1869, 11.
7)
Announcement: New York Herald, 28 June 1869, 8.

No mention of music.

8)
Announcement: New-York Times, 28 June 1869, 5.
9)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 28 June 1869, 5.
10)
Advertisement: New-York Daily Tribune, 28 June 1869, 7.
11)
Review: New York Post, 29 June 1869.

Brief; no mention of music.

12)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 29 June 1869, 5.

No mention of music. Negative review.

13)
Review: New York Herald, 30 June 1869, 4.

No mention of music.

14)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 03 July 1869, 102.

Brief.

15)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 03 July 1869, 103.
16)
Review: New York Clipper, 10 July 1869, 110.

No mention of music. Notes that the play “follows the novel pretty closely.”