Rip Van Winkle

Event Information

Venue(s):
Booth's Theatre

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
7 March 2020

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

02 Aug 1869, 8:00 PM
03 Aug 1869, 8:00 PM
04 Aug 1869, 8:00 PM
05 Aug 1869, 8:00 PM
06 Aug 1869, 8:00 PM
07 Aug 1869, 2:00 PM
07 Aug 1869, 8:00 PM

Program Details

Written expressly for J. Jefferson.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Rip Van Winkle, [play by Boucicault]
aka Rip Van Winkle; or, The sleep of twenty years
Text Author: Boucicault
Participants:  Fanny [actress] Morant (role: Gretchen);  Joseph, III Jefferson [actor] (role: Rip Van Winkle);  Blanche [actress] Grey (role: Meenie)

Citations

1)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 31 July 1869, 5.

Notes that Jefferson’s return to New York is welcome and highly anticipated. No mention of music.

2)
Announcement: New-York Times, 01 August 1869, 4.
3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 02 August 1869.
4)
Review: New York Herald, 02 August 1869, 7.

No mention of music.

5)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 02 August 1869, 7.
6)
Review: New-York Times, 03 August 1869, 4.

No mention of music.

7)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 03 August 1869, 8.

No mention of music.

8)
Review: New-York Times, 06 August 1869, 4.

No mention of music.

9)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 07 August 1869, 142, 3d col., top.
10)
Review: New York Herald, 09 August 1869, 4.

No mention of music.

11)
Review: New York Clipper, 14 August 1869, 150, 3d col., middle.

Brief; no mention of music.