Men and acres

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:
15 January 2022

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

06 Apr 1870, 8:00 PM
07 Apr 1870, 8:00 PM
08 Apr 1870, 8:00 PM
09 Apr 1870, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Men and acres
Text Author: Taylor [dramatist]
Participants:  Mr. [actor], unidentified Curran;  James Henry Stoddart (role: Mr. Bunter);  Miss [actress] Clayton;  Madeline Henriques;  Mr. [actor] Quigley;  B. T. Ringgold;  James William, Jr. Wallack (role: Samuel Brown);  J. C. [actor] Williamson;  Mrs. John Sefton;  C. H. [actor] Rockwell;  E. Milton [actor] Holland;  Emily [actress] Mestayer;  Laura [actress] Phillips
2)
Men and acres, [incidental music]
Composer(s): Baker

Citations

1)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 31 March 1870, 4.

Brief.

2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 03 April 1870, 9.
3)
Announcement: New York Herald, 04 April 1870, 7.
4)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 04 April 1870, 7.
5)
Announcement: New York Post, 04 April 1870, 2.

Brief.

6)
Announcement: New York Sun, 04 April 1870, 3.

Brief.

7)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 06 April 1870, 12.

Full cast list with roles. Synopsis of scenes.

8)
Review: New York Herald, 07 April 1870, 7.

Taylor’s new comedy premiered “before a crowded and brilliant audience. Although we were aware of the manifest decline in the merit shown by this gentleman’s [Taylor’s] later works, still we were not prepared for such a dreary affair as the one in question…” Goes on to critique the play and its characters. No mention of music.

9)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 07 April 1870, 7.

“PARTICULAR NOTICE.—The green curtain will mark the termination of the acts, in lieu of the usual drop, in consequence of the elaborate nature of the scenic effects.”

10)
Review: New-York Times, 07 April 1870, 7.

No mention of music. Positive review; notes a longer review will follow in the following days. Suggests that Men and acres is “destined to be one of the decided triumphs of the season.”

11)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 07 April 1870, 4.

Positive; no mention of music.

12)
Review: New York Post, 07 April 1870, 2.

No mention of music.

13)
Review: New York Sun, 07 April 1870, 1.

No mention of music.

14)
Review: New-York Times, 08 April 1870, 5.

Long and positive review. No mention of music. “…Mr. Tom Taylor is by no means to comedy what Offenbach is to opera, but yet, just as the latter freshens up our recollections of Meyerbeer and Rossini, so does the former remind us of Bulwer Lytton, or Knowles, or other masters of stage effect in the days that were…”

15)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 09 April 1870, 6.

Brief.

16)
Review: New York Clipper, 16 April 1870, 14.

Long and favorable review with plot synopsis. No mention of music.