John Garth

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:
31 October 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

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, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
John Garth, [play]
Text Author: Brougham
Participants:  Lester Wallack
2)
John Garth, [incidental music]
Composer(s): Baker

Citations

1)
Article: New York Herald, 11 December 1871, 5.

Explanation of the plot.

2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 12 December 1871, 7.

Complete cast. “New overture and incidental music, introducing Welsh national airs, with harp accompaniment, composed and arranged expressly for the piece by Mr. Thomas Baker.”

3)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 13 December 1871, 4.

No apparent mention of music, but difficult to read.

4)
Review: New York Sun, 13 December 1871, 2.

No mention of music.

5)
Review: New York Post, 13 December 1871, 2.

No mention of music.

6)
Review: New York Herald, 13 December 1871, 10.

No mention of music.

7)
Review: New-York Times, 15 December 1871, 4.

No mention of music; complete cast.

8)
Review: New York Clipper, 23 December 1871, 302.

No mention of music; complete cast.