As You Like It

Event Information

Venue(s):
Fifth Avenue Theatre (1867-73)

Manager / Director:
Augustin Daly

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
20 November 2020

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

18 Oct 1869, 8:00 PM
19 Oct 1869, 8:00 PM
20 Oct 1869, 8:00 PM
21 Oct 1869, 8:00 PM
23 Oct 1869, 8:00 PM

Program Details

Mrs. Scott Siddons and Mrs. Jennings will alternate playing the roles of Celia and Rosalind.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
As you like it
Text Author: Shakespeare
Participants:  William (Pleater), Sr. Davidge (role: Touchstone);  Clara Jennings;  George H. [actor] Clarke (role: orlando);  Marie Wilkins;  D. H. Harkins (role: Jaques);  J. B. [actor] Polk;  Mrs. [actress] Scott-Siddons;  Emilie [actress] Kiehl;  Miss E. [actress] Lewis;  Amy [actress] Ames

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Herald, 11 October 1869, 3.
2)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 12 October 1869, 4.
3)
Announcement: New York Post, 14 October 1869, 2.
4)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 17 October 1869, 9.
5)
Announcement: New-York Times, 17 October 1869, 5.
6)
Announcement: New York Herald, 18 October 1869, 7.
7)
Announcement: New York Sun, 18 October 1869, 2.
8)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 18 October 1869, 7.
9)
Review: New York Herald, 19 October 1869, 3.

No mention of music.

10)
Review: New York Post, 19 October 1869, 2.

No mention of music.

11)
Review: New-York Times, 19 October 1869, 5.

Brief; no mention of music.

12)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 19 October 1869, 4.
13)
Review: New York Post, 20 October 1869, 2.

No mention of music.

14)
Review: New York Sun, 20 October 1869, 2.

No mention of music.

15)
Review: New-York Times, 20 October 1869, 5.

No mention of music.

16)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 23 October 1869, 230, 2d col..

Arrest of actor T. F. Egbert on a forgery charge. 3d: col.: “attracted large and fashionable audience audiences to the Fifth Avenue Theatre each evening the past week.”

17)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 23 October 1869, 231.
18)
Review: New York Clipper, 30 October 1869, 238, 3d col..

No mention of music.