Lina Edwin's Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
Lina Edwin's Theatre

Conductor(s):
John B. Donniker

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
26 May 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

10 Oct 1870, 7:45 PM
11 Oct 1870, 7:45 PM
12 Oct 1870, 7:45 PM
13 Oct 1870, 7:45 PM
14 Oct 1870, 7:45 PM
15 Oct 1870, 2:00 PM
15 Oct 1870, 7:45 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Stuart Robson;  Eliza Weathersby
2)
Everybody’s friend
Text Author: Coyne
Participants:  Stuart Robson (role: Major Wellington de Boots)
3)
Sonnambula, La, [burlesque (Unknown author)]
aka Sonambula; Sonnambula Amina; S.o.n.n.a.m.b.u.l.a.; or, The supper, the sleeper, and the merry Swiss boy
Text Author: Unknown playwright
Participants:  Eliza Weathersby (role: Alessio)

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Post, 10 October 1870, 2.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 11 October 1870, 7.
3)
Review: New York Herald, 16 October 1870, 9.

No mention of music.

4)
Review: New York Clipper, 22 October 1870, 230.

“She [Miss Weathersby] played Alessio with spirit, and sang the music effectively.”