Rosedale

Event Information

Venue(s):
Wallack's Theatre

Proprietor / Lessee:
Lester Wallack

Manager / Director:
Lester Wallack

Conductor(s):
Thomas Baker

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
21 October 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

27 Nov 1871, 8:00 PM
28 Nov 1871, 8:00 PM
29 Nov 1871, 8:00 PM
30 Nov 1871, 8:00 PM
01 Dec 1871, 8:00 PM
02 Dec 1871, 1:30 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Rosedale; or, The rifle ball
aka Rifle ball, The
Text Author: Wallack
Participants:  Lester Wallack
2)
Rosedale, [incidental music]
Composer(s): Mollenhauer [viola-vn]

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 26 November 1871, 7.
2)
: Strong, George Templeton. New-York Historical Society. The Diaries of George Templeton Strong, 1863-1869: Musical Excerpts from the MSs, transcribed by Mary Simonson. ed. by Christopher Bruhn., 01 December 1871.

“Diccon [Richard Henry Derby, Strong’s nephew], & Murray Hoffman, Jr. dined here. Lucy [Derby, Strong’s niece], Temple, Louis [Strong’s sons], & Hoffman with me to Wallack’s: ‘Rosedale.’ Enjoyed it. Certain tableaux & situations were effective. Plot a muddle.”