Red Pocket-Book

Event Information

Venue(s):
Olympic Theatre

Proprietor / Lessee:
Samuel Colville
James E. [manager, proprietor] Hayes

Manager / Director:
Samuel Colville
James E. [manager, proprietor] Hayes

Conductor(s):
David Braham

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
7 May 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

02 Sep 1872, 8:00 PM
03 Sep 1872, 8:00 PM
04 Sep 1872, 2:00 PM
04 Sep 1872, 8:00 PM
05 Sep 1872, 8:00 PM
06 Sep 1872, 8:00 PM
07 Sep 1872, 2:00 PM
07 Sep 1872, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Text Author: Proctor

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 01 September 1872, 8.

Synopsis; cast listing.

2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 02 September 1872, 7.

“A real ship in midocean sinks, and is engulfed by the waters, with the disappearance of all the characters, in full view of the audience.”

3)
Review: New-York Times, 03 September 1872, 4.

No mention of music.

4)
Review: New York Herald, 03 September 1872, 3.

“We hope the managers will display better judgment in the selection of their next piece, as well as some consideration for the poor critics, whom a sad fate compels to listen patiently to the ranting of such stuff as goes to make up what through courtesy we will call romantic drama.”

5)
Review: New York Clipper, 14 September 1872, 190.

No mention of music.