Rip Van Winkle

Event Information

Venue(s):
Booth's Theatre

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
11 July 2022

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

15 Aug 1870, Evening
16 Aug 1870, Evening
17 Aug 1870, Evening
18 Aug 1870, Evening
19 Aug 1870, Evening
20 Aug 1870, Evening
20 Aug 1870, 1:30 PM

Program Details

Re-opening for the fall season.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
aka Rip Van Winkle; or, The sleep of twenty years
Text Author: Boucicault

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Post, 01 August 1870, 2.
2)
Announcement: New York Post, 13 August 1870, 2.
3)
Announcement: New-York Times, 14 August 1870, 4.
4)
Announcement: New York Herald, 15 August 1870, 7.
5)
Announcement: New York Post, 15 August 1870, 2.
6)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 15 August 1870, 5.

List of company members.

7)
Review: New York Herald, 16 August 1870, 7.

“Miss Emma Cline, who appeared as Zeliah, sang a florid song in a trained but rather uneven voice, and made a boisterous and jolly zingara.”  

8)
Review: New York Post, 16 August 1870, 2.

No mention of music; includes complete cast listing.

9)
Review: New York Sun, 16 August 1870, 1.

No mention of music.

10)
Review: New-York Times, 16 August 1870, 4.

Brief; no mention of music.

11)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 17 August 1870, 8.

No mention of music. Includes complete cast listing. 

12)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 20 August 1870, 158.

Cast; names of the stock company.

13)
Review: New York Clipper, 27 August 1870, 166.

No mention of music.