Our American Cousin

Event Information

Venue(s):
Niblo's Garden

Conductor(s):
Giuseppe Operti

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
13 October 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

23 Oct 1871, 8:00 PM
24 Oct 1871, 8:00 PM
25 Oct 1871, 8:00 PM
26 Oct 1871, 8:00 PM
27 Oct 1871, 8:00 PM
28 Oct 1871, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Our American cousin
Text Author: Taylor [dramatist]
Participants:  Edward Askew Sothern (role: Lord Dundreary)
2)
Our American cousin, overture
Composer(s): Operti
3)
Dundreary, waltz
Composer(s): Operti

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Sun, 07 October 1871, 1.

Departure of Mr. Sothern from London.

2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 19 October 1871, 10.

Arrival of Sothern, by the Scotia.

3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 22 October 1871, 8.

Complete cast list.

4)
Review: New York Herald, 24 October 1871, 3.

No mention of music.

5)
Review: New York Post, 24 October 1871, 2.

No mention of music.

6)
Review: New York Sun, 24 October 1871, 2.

No mention of music.

7)
Review: New-York Times, 24 October 1871, 5.

No mention of music.

8)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 24 October 1871, 4.

No mention of music.

9)
Review: New York Clipper, 04 November 1871, 246.

"Signor Operti had composed a new overture, to which he applied the title of the comedy, and also a waltz called 'Dundreary,' which was performed between the acts." Complete cast list.