Man and Wife

Event Information

Venue(s):
Fifth Avenue Theatre (1867-73)

Proprietor / Lessee:
Augustin Daly

Manager / Director:
Augustin Daly

Conductor(s):
Robert August Stoepel

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
26 June 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

31 Oct 1870, Evening
01 Nov 1870, Evening
02 Nov 1870, Evening
03 Nov 1870, Evening
04 Nov 1870, Evening
05 Nov 1870, Evening
05 Nov 1870, 1:30 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Man and wife, [play]
Text Author: Daly
2)
Man and wife, [incidental music]
Composer(s): Stoepel

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 30 October 1870, 7.
2)
Announcement: New York Sun, 31 October 1870, 2.

Vast success of Man and wife. 

3)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 31 October 1870, 4.

No mention of music. “It is often very difficult to get a play to ‘go;’ but difficulty in the way of getting it to stop [is ?] certainly exceptional. This latter experience has [occurred ?] to Mr. Daly, with ‘Man and Wife.’ Several times recently the withdrawal of the drama has been determined and announced; but each time the [illeg.] of discontinuance has only had the effect of firm [illeg.] the public interest in this very interesting piece…”

4)
Review: New York Herald, 05 November 1870, 10.

No mention of music.

5)
Announcement: New-York Times, 06 November 1870, 5.

Daly’s success in running his pieces.

6)
Review: New York Clipper, 12 November 1870, 254.

Brief; no mention of music.