Merry Wives of Windsor

Event Information

Venue(s):
Fifth Avenue Theatre (1867-73)

Manager / Director:
Augustin Daly

Conductor(s):
Harvey Bradley Dodworth

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
23 January 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

19 Nov 1872, 8:00 PM
20 Nov 1872, 8:00 PM
21 Nov 1872, 8:00 PM
22 Nov 1872, 8:00 PM
23 Nov 1872, 1:30 PM
23 Nov 1872, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 18 November 1872, 7.

Complete cast and scene listing.

2)
Review: New-York Times, 20 November 1872, 5.

No mention of music.

3)
Review: New York Sun, 20 November 1872, 3.

No mention of music.

4)
Review: New York Post, 20 November 1872, 2.

“…during the intervals the drowsiness of the auditors was dispelled with music from eminent ‘Shakespearean sources,’ such as ‘The Little Brown Jug,’ and ‘Comin’ thro’ the Rye,’ but these are matters of minor importance, and we trust were peculiar to the first night.”

5)
Review: New York Herald, 20 November 1872, 3.

No mention of music.

6)
Review: New-York Times, 24 November 1872, 4.

Brief; no mention of music.

7)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 25 November 1872, 4.

No mention of music; includes cast listing.

8)
Review: New York Clipper, 30 November 1872, 278.

No mention of music; includes cast.