Lina Edwin’s Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
Lina Edwin's Theatre

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
12 June 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

24 Oct 1870, 8:00 PM
25 Oct 1870, 8:00 PM
26 Oct 1870, 8:00 PM
27 Oct 1870, 8:00 PM
28 Oct 1870, 8:00 PM
29 Oct 1870, 2:00 PM
29 Oct 1870, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Lina Edwin;  Emma Cline
2)
Captain of the watch, The
Text Author: Planché
3)
Mr. and Mrs. Peter White
aka Mr. and Mrs. White
Text Author: Raymond
4)
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

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 23 October 1870, 7.
2)
Review: New York Herald, 27 October 1870, 10.

No mention of music.

3)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 29 October 1870, 5.
4)
Review: New York Clipper, 05 November 1870, 246.

Rumors regarding the financial stability of the theatre. “J. B. Donniker has retired from his position as leader of the orchestra, and Mr. William Withers, formerly at the Broadway Theatre, will hereafter fill the position.”