Dead Heart

Event Information

Venue(s):
Wood's Museum and Metropolitan Theatre

Manager / Director:
George A. F. Wood

Conductor(s):
Michael [conductor] Connolly

Price: $.50

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
21 August 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

06 Mar 1871, Evening
07 Mar 1871, Evening
08 Mar 1871, Evening
09 Mar 1871, Evening
10 Mar 1871, Evening
11 Mar 1871, Evening
11 Mar 1871, 2:00 PM

Program Details

Benefit for Edward Eddy on Friday evening.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Dead heart
Text Author: Webster
Participants:  Edward [actor] Eddy;  Alice M. Harrison [vocal-actor]
2)
"Marseillaise, La"
aka Chant de guerre pour l’armée du Rhin; Marseillais' Hymn
Composer(s): Rouget de Lisle
Text Author: Rouget de Lisle
Participants:  Alice M. Harrison [vocal-actor]

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 06 March 1871, 7.
2)
Announcement: New-York Times, 09 March 1871, 5.
3)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 10 March 1871, 5.

“Alice Harrison supplied the comic element, as Cerizette, and sang the Marseillaise Hymn, in English, for which vocal effort she was much applauded.”

4)
Review: New York Clipper, 18 March 1871, 398.

“Miss Alice Harrison, as Cerizette, created much mirth and won considerable applause by her excellent singing of the Marseillaise Hymn in English.”