Hamlet

Event Information

Venue(s):
Niblo's Garden

Proprietor / Lessee:
Henry C. Jarrett
Henry Palmer

Manager / Director:
Henry C. Jarrett
Henry Palmer

Conductor(s):
Giuseppe Operti

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
28 August 2021

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

14 Feb 1870, Evening
15 Feb 1870, Evening
16 Feb 1870, Evening
17 Feb 1870, Evening
18 Feb 1870, Evening
19 Feb 1870, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Hamlet, [play]
Text Author: Shakespeare
Participants:  Charles [actor] Fechter (role: Hamlet);  Carlotta Leclercq (role: Ophelia)

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 06 February 1870, 7.

Correspondence between Fechter and his prospective audience regarding his forthcoming appearances as Hamlet. 

2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 06 February 1870, 10.

Includes correspondence requesting Fechter’s appearance as Hamlet.

3)
Announcement: New-York Times, 13 February 1870, 5.
4)
Announcement: New York Herald, 14 February 1870, 5.
5)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 15 February 1870, 5.

No mention of music.

6)
Review: New York Sun, 15 February 1870, 1.

No mention of music.

7)
Review: New York Post, 15 February 1870, 2.

No mention of music.

8)
Review: New York Herald, 15 February 1870, 7.

No mention of music.

9)
Review: New-York Times, 16 February 1870, 5.

No mention of music.

10)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 19 February 1870, 366.
11)
Announcement: New York Post, 19 February 1870, 2.
12)
: Strong, George Templeton. New-York Historical Society. The Diaries of George Templeton Strong, 1863-1869: Musical Excerpts from the MSs, transcribed by Mary Simonson. ed. by Christopher Bruhn., 19 February 1870.

“We went to Niblo’s--Fechter’s Hamlet…Performance of unusually high grade: all the subordinate parts were respectable, & the King and Queen something more. There was an entirely new style of Ghost, with good effects of blue lights…”

13)
Review: New-York Times, 20 February 1870, 5.

No mention of music.

14)
Review: New York Clipper, 26 February 1870, 374.

No mention of music.