Rivals

Event Information

Venue(s):
Wallack's Theatre

Proprietor / Lessee:
Lester Wallack

Manager / Director:
Lester Wallack

Conductor(s):
Thomas Baker

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
1 January 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

26 Sep 1870, 8:00 PM
27 Sep 1870, 8:00 PM
28 Sep 1870, 8:00 PM
29 Sep 1870, 8:00 PM
30 Sep 1870, 8:00 PM
01 Oct 1870, 8:00 PM

Program Details

Re-opening for fall and winter season.

Performers and/or Works Performed

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Post, 15 September 1870, 2.

Notable members of the company.

2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 15 September 1870, 7.

Includes a list of company members.

3)
Announcement: New-York Times, 18 September 1870, 4.
4)
Article: New-York Times, 19 September 1870, 5.

Renovations to the theatre.

5)
Announcement: New York Post, 23 September 1870, 2.

Members of the company.

6)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 24 September 1870, 198.

Renovation of the theatre; members of the company.

7)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 24 September 1870, 11.
8)
Article: New-York Times, 25 September 1870, 4.

Forthcoming production.

9)
Announcement: New York Herald, 26 September 1870, 7.

Improvements to the theatre; cast for tonight. 

10)
Announcement: New York Post, 26 September 1870, 2.
11)
Announcement: New York Sun, 26 September 1870, 2.
12)
Review: New York Sun, 27 September 1870, 1.

“A word must be said in praise of the scenery, [illegible], and music, which were all excellent, and [illegible] many complimentary remarks.”

13)
Review: New-York Times, 27 September 1870, 5.

No mention of music.

14)
Review: New York Post, 27 September 1870, 2.

No mention of music.

15)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 27 September 1870, 4.

No mention of music.

16)
Review: New York Herald, 27 September 1870, 10.

No mention of music.

17)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 01 October 1870, 206.

Complete cast listing; redecoration of the theatre.

18)
Review: New-York Times, 02 October 1870, 5.

Brief; no mention of music.

19)
Review: New York Clipper, 08 October 1870, 214.

No mention of music.