Brother Sam

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:
4 November 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

06 Jan 1873, Evening
07 Jan 1873, Evening
08 Jan 1873, Evening
09 Jan 1873, Evening
10 Jan 1873, Evening
11 Jan 1873, Evening
11 Jan 1873, 1:30 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Brother Sam, [comedy]
Text Author: Oxenford
Participants:  Edward Askew Sothern
2)
Brother Sam, [incidental music]
Composer(s): Baker

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 06 January 1873, 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., 10 January 1873.

“Dick [Richard Henry Derby] dined here. Ellie, Lucy & I called for Miss Maud Howe with him, & we proceeded to Wallack’s. Sothern’s ‘Brother Sam’ was intensely funny. It is a companion piece to his renowned Lord Dundreary. It was Dick’s treat, & he gave us all a nice little supper at the Maison D’Orée—not the old place, but corner of 14th St. & Broadway. It was extremely pleasant.”