Richard III

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:
19 August 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

24 Apr 1871, 8:00 PM
25 Apr 1871, 8:00 PM
26 Apr 1871, 8:00 PM
27 Apr 1871, 8:00 PM
28 Apr 1871, 8:00 PM
29 Apr 1871, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
King Richard III
aka Richard III; Richard the Third; Richard the Third; or, The Battle of Bosworth Field
Text Author: Shakespeare
Participants:  Neil [actor] Warner (role: Richard III)

Citations

1)
Announcement: New-York Times, 24 April 1871, 4.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 24 April 1871, 7.
3)
Announcement: New York Post, 26 April 1871, 2.

Role of Richard to be played by Count Joannes on Saturday.

4)
Review: New York Herald, 30 April 1871, 5.

No mention of music.

5)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 01 May 1871, 5.

No mention of music.

6)
Review: New York Sun, 01 May 1871, 3.

Count Joannes as Richard III. 

7)
Review: New York Post, 01 May 1871, 2.

Count Joannes’s personation of Richard.

8)
Review: New York Clipper, 06 May 1871, 38.

No mention of music. Count Joannes (née George Jones).