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:
19 February 2022

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

18 Apr 1870, 8:00 PM
19 Apr 1870, 8:00 PM
20 Apr 1870, 8:00 PM
21 Apr 1870, 8:00 PM
22 Apr 1870, 8:00 PM
23 Apr 1870, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Men and acres
Text Author: Taylor [dramatist]
Participants:  Laura [actress] Phillips;  James Henry Stoddart;  Madeline Henriques;  B. T. Ringgold;  James William, Jr. Wallack;  J. C. [actor] Williamson;  Mrs. John Sefton;  C. H. [actor] Rockwell
2)
Men and acres, [incidental music]
Composer(s): Baker

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 17 April 1870, 9.

Full cast list.

2)
Announcement: New-York Times, 17 April 1870, 4.
3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 17 April 1870, 7.
4)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 18 April 1870, 5.
5)
Announcement: New York Sun, 18 April 1870, 2.
6)
Announcement: New-York Times, 21 April 1870, 4.

“Everybody who has not seen ‘Men and Acres’ and Wallack’s should hasten to do so, for the season is harrying on, and the comedy may at any time be withdrawn from the boards.” Continues with praise, no mention of music.

7)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 22 April 1870, 4.

Long and positive; no mention of music.

8)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 23 April 1870, 22.

Brief.

9)
Review: New York Herald, 25 April 1870, 6.

Brief and part of announcement for the following week’s performances. “Tom Taylor’s play having run its brief span of existence, it is now shelved forever at Wallack’s, as we anticipated it would be, and we are to have a week of genuine old comedy, which, after ‘Men and Acres,’ will be like Cliquot after Jersey cider.”

10)
Review: New York Clipper, 30 April 1870, 30.

Brief. “‘Men and Acres,’ although a good play, failed to draw at Wallack’s, and it was shelved after the 23d.”