Hamlet

Event Information

Venue(s):
Niblo's Garden

Proprietor / Lessee:
Henry C. Jarrett
Henry Palmer

Manager / Director:
Henry C. Jarrett
Henry Palmer

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
10 March 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

28 Nov 1870, Evening
30 Nov 1870, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Hamlet, [play]
Text Author: Shakespeare
Participants:  James C. Dunn [actor] (role: Amiens);  Mrs. [actress] Scott-Siddons (role: Ophelia);  Walter Montgomery (role: Hamlet)

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Post, 25 November 1870, 2.
2)
Announcement: New York Sun, 28 November 1870, 2.
3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 28 November 1870, 11.

Complete cast listing.

4)
Review: New-York Times, 29 November 1870, 5.

No mention of music; complete cast listing.

5)
Review: New York Sun, 29 November 1870, 2.

Barely legible in NYS Historic Newspapers database.

6)
Review: New York Post, 29 November 1870, 2.

No mention of music.

7)
Review: New York Herald, 29 November 1870, 3.

No mention of music.

8)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 30 November 1870, 5.

No mention of music.

9)
Review: New York Clipper, 10 December 1870, 286.

“James Dunn played Amiens and sang the original music with correctness, taste and judgment.”