Rip Van Winkle

Event Information

Venue(s):
Booth's Theatre

Proprietor / Lessee:
Junius Brutus, Jr. Booth

Manager / Director:
Junius Brutus, Jr. Booth

Conductor(s):
Edward Mollenhauer [viola-vn]

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
14 December 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

01 Sep 1873, Evening
02 Sep 1873, Evening
03 Sep 1873, Evening
04 Sep 1873, Evening
05 Sep 1873, Evening
06 Sep 1873, 1:30 PM

Program Details

Jefferson’s first appearance in three years.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Rip Van Winkle, [play by Boucicault]
aka Rip Van Winkle; or, The sleep of twenty years
Text Author: Boucicault
Participants:  Mary Wells;  John Sefton;  Joseph, III Jefferson [actor] (role: Rip Van Winkle);  Robert [actor] Pateman;  H. A. Weaver

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Post, 26 August 1873, 2.
2)
Announcement: New York Sun, 30 August 1873, 2.

No mention of music.

3)
Announcement: New York Post, 30 August 1873, 2.
4)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 31 August 1873, 4.

Full company list.

5)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 01 September 1873, 7.

Lists actors who will perform in the course of the new season. Cast list with roles for Rip Van Winkle.

6)
Review: New York Sun, 02 September 1873, 1.

No mention of music.

7)
Review: New York Post, 02 September 1873, 2.

No mention of music.

8)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 02 September 1873, 4.

Enormous review; high praise for Jefferson, no mention of music.

9)
Review: New-York Times, 02 September 1873, 5.

“…the weird scene in act the second, with its very effective orchestral accompaniment, could not be improved upon.” No further mention of music.

10)
Review: New York Herald, 02 September 1873, 3.

No mention of music.

11)
Review: New York Clipper, 13 September 1873, 190.

Only citation to mention Mollenhauer.