Rip Van Winkle

Event Information

Venue(s):
Booth's Theatre

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
4 April 2020

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

23 Aug 1869, 8:00 PM
24 Aug 1869, 8:00 PM
25 Aug 1869, 8:00 PM
26 Aug 1869, 8:00 PM
27 Aug 1869, 8:00 PM
28 Aug 1869, 2:00 PM
28 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:  Joseph, III Jefferson [actor] (role: Rip Van Winkle)

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 23 August 1869, 7.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 23 August 1869.
3)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 28 August 1869, 167.
4)
Review: New York Clipper, 28 August 1869, 166, 2d col..

Brief; no mention of music.