Witches of New York

Event Information

Venue(s):
Wood's Museum and Metropolitan Theatre

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
28 July 2022

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

30 May 1870, 2:00 PM
30 May 1870, 8:00 PM
31 May 1870, 2:00 PM
31 May 1870, 8:00 PM
01 Jun 1870, 2:00 PM
01 Jun 1870, 8:00 PM
02 Jun 1870, 2:00 PM
02 Jun 1870, 8:00 PM
03 Jun 1870, 2:00 PM
03 Jun 1870, 8:00 PM
04 Jun 1870, 2:00 PM
04 Jun 1870, 8:00 PM

Program Details

Both Friday (06/03/70) performances to benefit A.L. Parkes, business manager.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Witches of New York
Text Author: Aiken
Participants:  Theresa Wood [dancer-voc];  Rosa [actress] Rand;  Olivia [actress] Rand;  Albert Aiken

Citations

1)
Announcement: New-York Times, 03 May 1870, 5.

Brief.

2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 15 May 1870, 3.

For A. S. Parkes benefit.

3)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 28 May 1870, 62.

The benefit for Parkes “is looming up in the distance as a big thing, as an attractive bill of fare is promised.”

4)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 29 May 1870, 9.
5)
Announcement: New York Herald, 30 May 1870, 5.

For A. S. Parkes benefit.

6)
Announcement: New-York Times, 30 May 1870, 4.

For A. S. Parkes benefit.

7)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 30 May 1870, 7.
8)
Announcement: New York Post, 30 May 1870, 2.
9)
Announcement: New York Sun, 30 May 1870, 3.
10)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 02 June 1870, 4.

Notes that The Witches of New York is “a melodrama based on’ The Streets of New-York’ and similar pieces.”

11)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 04 June 1870, 70.

“Manager Wood, of Wood’s Museum, states in a notice among the advertisements that he will not make any engagements for ’70 and ’71 until July.”

12)
Review: New York Clipper, 11 June 1870, 78.

No mention of music.