Julius Caesar

Event Information

Venue(s):
Booth's Theatre

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
8 November 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

15 Jan 1872, Evening
16 Jan 1872, Evening
17 Jan 1872, Evening
18 Jan 1872, Evening
19 Jan 1872, Evening
20 Jan 1872, Evening
20 Jan 1872, 1:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Julius Caesar
Text Author: Shakespeare
Participants:  Edwin Thomas Booth (role: Brutus);  Lawrence Barrett (role: Cassius)

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 14 January 1872, 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., 19 January 1872.

“Tonight with Ellie, Temple & Louis [Strong’s wife and younger sons] to Booth’s Theatre. Julius Caesar; Booth, Brutus. Performance fairly good—every part rather above average merit…”