Guy Mannering

Event Information

Venue(s):
Booth's Theatre

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
3 July 2021

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

22 Jan 1870, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Text Author: Unknown playwright
Participants:  Emma [actress] Waller (role: Meg Merrilies)

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 16 January 1870, 7.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 17 January 1870, 2.
3)
Announcement: New York Post, 22 January 1870, 2.

Comparison of Emma Waller to Charlotte Cushman’s performance of the role.

4)
Review: New York Post, 29 January 1870, 2.

“In fact, with the exception of some of the singing—both solo and choral—in the play there is nothing to criticize. This exception, too, does not apply to the old glee of ‘The Chough and Crow,’ which is given in admirable style.”