Merry wives of Windsor

Event Information

Venue(s):
Booth's Theatre

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
23 May 2020

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

13 Dec 1869, Evening
14 Dec 1869, Evening
15 Dec 1869, Evening
16 Dec 1869, Evening
17 Dec 1869, Evening
18 Dec 1869, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Merry wives of Windsor, The, [play]
Text Author: Shakespeare
Participants:  Fanny [actress] Morant;  James Henry Hackett (role: Falstaf);  W. E. Sheridan [actor];  Theodore [actor] Hamilton;  D. W. [actor] Waller

Citations

1)
Announcement: New-York Times, 12 December 1869, 4.

“Some complicated machinery to be used in ‘Hamlet’ not being ready, that tragedy is postponed for a week at Booth’s Theatre, and Mr. Hackett is to fill the nights with his much admired representation of Falstaff in the ‘Merry Wives of Windsor.’”

2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 12 December 1869, 7.
3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 13 December 1869, 12.

“In consequence of the preparations necessary to be made for the production of HAMLET and GUY MANNERING, the usual SATURDAY MATINEES will be postponed until further notice.”

4)
Announcement: New York Herald, 13 December 1869, 6.
5)
Advertisement: New-York Daily Tribune, 13 December 1869, 3.
6)
Announcement: New York Sun, 13 December 1869, 1.
7)
Review: New York Herald, 14 December 1869, 7.

No mention of music.

8)
Review: New-York Times, 14 December 1869, 5.

No mention of music.

9)
Review: New York Post, 14 December 1869, 2.

No mention of music.

10)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 14 December 1869, 4.

Long review; no mention of music.

11)
Announcement: New York Sun, 14 December 1869, 2.

Notes that “[l]overs of Shakespeare who fail to visit Booth’s Theatre this week… will miss such a treat as is seldom offered them nowadays.”

12)
Review: New York Sun, 15 December 1869, 1.

Notes full house; no mention of music.

13)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 18 December 1869, 294.

Brief.