School for scandal

Event Information

Venue(s):
Wallack's Theatre

Proprietor / Lessee:
Lester Wallack

Manager / Director:
Lester Wallack

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
28 November 2020

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

18 Oct 1869, 8:00 PM
22 Oct 1869, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
School for scandal, The
Text Author: Sheridan
Participants:  Owen Marlowe (role: Sir Charles Backbite);  James Henry Stoddart (role: Crabtree);  Charles [actor] Fisher (role: Sir Oliver Surface);  Madeline Henriques (role: Lady Teazle);  James William, Jr. Wallack (role: Joseph Surface);  John Gilbert [actor] (role: Sir Peter Teazle);  Mrs. John Sefton;  Emily [actress] Mestayer (role: Mrs. Candour);  Charles [actor] Wyndham (role: Charles Surface)

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 17 October 1869, 9.
2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 18 October 1869, 7.
3)
Announcement: New York Sun, 18 October 1869, 2.
4)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 19 October 1869, 4.

No mention of music.

5)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 22 October 1869, 7.
6)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 23 October 1869, 231.
7)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 30 October 1869, 238, 3d col.

Fisher was ill and unable to appear on the 18th or for the rest of the week; his role was read by Tom Owens and Charles Hale.