Macbeth

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Manager / Director:
Augustin Daly

Conductor(s):
Harvey Bradley Dodworth

Price: $1; $1.50 reserved; $.50 family circle; $6, $8, $10 boxes

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
2 June 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

18 Oct 1870, Evening
19 Oct 1870, Evening
20 Oct 1870, Evening
21 Oct 1870, Evening
22 Oct 1870, Evening

Program Details

Saturday evening to benefit Fanny Janauschek.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Macbeth
Text Author: Shakespeare
Participants:  Mark Smith (role: Hecate);  Fanny Janauschek (role: Lady Macbeth);  Walter Montgomery (role: Macbeth)
2)
Macbeth, [incidental music]
Composer(s): Locke

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 17 October 1870, 7.

Includes complete cast listing.

2)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 18 October 1870, 6.

“The piece will be presented with new scenery, and with the well-known music, attributed to Locke.”

3)
Announcement: New York Post, 18 October 1870, 2.

“The traditional music of the play will be ably interpreted.”

4)
Announcement: New York Herald, 18 October 1870, 10.
5)
Review: New-York Times, 19 October 1870, 4.

“…but the business of the witches was by no means of a suggestive kind, and as it became lengthened by the introduction of Locke’s music, there was reason to complain of it.”

“The singing of Mr. Mark Smith, who appeared as Hecate, is alone to be singled out for commendation.” 

6)
Review: New York Sun, 19 October 1870, 1.

No mention of music.

7)
Review: New York Post, 19 October 1870, 2.

“Locke’s music, which prolonged the representation beyond its ordinary time, was not sung uniformly well, but the weird sisters and the whole supernatural element of the tragedy were well brought forward.”

8)
Announcement: New-York Times, 22 October 1870, 5.

Announces Fanny Janauschek's benefit for that evening.

9)
Announcement: New York Sun, 22 October 1870, 2.

No mention of music.

10)
Announcement: New York Post, 22 October 1870, 4.

Fanny Janauschek’s final performance; her engagement proof of her ability to act with success on the English stage.

11)
Announcement: New York Herald, 22 October 1870, 7.
12)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 24 October 1870, 4.

No mention of music.

13)
Article: New York Herald, 24 October 1870, 8.

Suggestion that Janauschek appear in another house upon her return.

14)
Article: New York Herald, 28 October 1870, 6.
15)
Review: New York Clipper, 29 October 1870, 238.

“Mr. Mark Smith sang the music of Hecate finely.”