Divorce

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:
30 October 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

11 Dec 1871, 8:00 PM
12 Dec 1871, 8:00 PM
13 Dec 1871, 8:00 PM
14 Dec 1871, 8:00 PM
15 Dec 1871, 8:00 PM
16 Dec 1871, 1:30 PM
16 Dec 1871, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Divorce, [comedy]
Text Author: Daly
Participants:  Jules [cornet] Levy

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 10 December 1871, 7.
2)
Review: New York Post, 12 December 1871, 3.

Brief; hundredth performance last night. “The orchestra also did itself much credit in the selections, and in giving several excellent clarionet, cornet and violin solos.”

3)
Review: New York Herald, 16 December 1871, 5.

Brief; hundredth performance on Monday night; most successful play of the season.

4)
Review: New York Clipper, 23 December 1871, 302.

New costumes, retouched scenery; Levy performed between acts.