Formosa

Event Information

Venue(s):
Niblo's Garden

Proprietor / Lessee:
Henry C. Jarrett
Henry Palmer

Manager / Director:
Henry C. Jarrett
Henry Palmer

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
23 October 2020

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

04 Oct 1869, 8:00 PM
05 Oct 1869, 8:00 PM
06 Oct 1869, 8:00 PM
07 Oct 1869, 8:00 PM
08 Oct 1869, 8:00 PM
09 Oct 1869, 2:00 PM
09 Oct 1869, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Formosa, the most beautiful; or, The railroad to ruin
Text Author: Boucicault
Participants:  Charles [actor] Thorne, Jr. (role: Tom Burroughs);  Harry Pearson [actor-voc] (role: Sam Boker);  Kate Newton (role: Jenny);  William Holston (role: Bob Sanders);  Ada [actress and dancer] Harland (role: The Earl of Eden)

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 03 October 1869, 12.
2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 04 October 1869, 10.
3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 04 October 1869, 7.
4)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 04 October 1869, 2.
5)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 09 October 1869, 215.
6)
Announcement: New-York Times, 10 October 1869, 5.

“’Formosa,’ which was played all last week at Niblo’s, is to be acted for the last time on Saturday next.”

7)
Review: New York Clipper, 16 October 1869, 222, 3d col..

No mention of music.