Event Information
Venue(s):
Booth's Theatre
Event Type:
Play With Music
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
19 February 2022
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
18 Apr 1870, Evening
19 Apr 1870, Evening
20 Apr 1870, Evening
21 Apr 1870, Evening
22 Apr 1870, Evening
23 Apr 1870, Evening
23 Apr 1870, 1:30 PM
Program Details
“Entirely new version†of Toodles.
Performers and/or Works Performed
3)
aka Broken heart;
Farmer's daughter
Citations
1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 03 April 1870, 7.
2)
Announcement: New-York Times, 04 April 1870, 5.
Praising Clarke and looking forward to his appearance. No mention of music.
3)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 07 April 1870, 4.
Brief overview of all performances scheduled for April 1870 at Booth’s Theatre.
4)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 11 April 1870, 9.
“On Monday, April 18, Mr. John S. Clarke will make his first appearance in New York in five years, in the characters of Major Wellington de Boots and Toodles, performed by him 200 times in this city.”
5)
Announcement: New York Post, 12 April 1870, 2.
6)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 16 April 1870, 14.
7)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 17 April 1870, 9.
8)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 17 April 1870, 7.
9)
Announcement: New-York Times, 17 April 1870, 4.
10)
Announcement: New York Sun, 18 April 1870, 2.
Calls this “[t]he principal dramatic event of the week.”
11)
Announcement: New York Post, 18 April 1870, 2.
Brief. “…Of [Clarke’s] popularity and success there is no doubt in this city.”
12)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 18 April 1870, 5.
13)
Announcement: New-York Times, 18 April 1870, 5.
14)
Announcement: New York Herald, 18 April 1870, 7.
Brief; no mention of music.
15)
Review: New York Post, 19 April 1870, 2.
16)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 19 April 1870, 4.
Long review; no mention of music.
17)
Review: New York Sun, 19 April 1870, 1.
18)
Review: New-York Times, 19 April 1870, 5.
Positive review; no mention of music.
19)
Review: New York Herald, 19 April 1870, 7.
Long review; no mention of music.
20)
Review: New-York Times, 20 April 1870, 5.
Long and with very warm praise for Clarke; no mention of music.
21)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 23 April 1870, 22.
22)
Review: New York Clipper, 30 April 1870, 30.
