Rip Van Winkle

Event Information

Venue(s):
Booth's Theatre

Proprietor / Lessee:
Junius Brutus, Jr. Booth

Manager / Director:
Junius Brutus, Jr. Booth

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
3 February 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

15 Sep 1873, Evening
16 Sep 1873, Evening
17 Sep 1873, Evening
18 Sep 1873, Evening
19 Sep 1873, Evening
20 Sep 1873, 1:30 PM

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:  Joseph, III Jefferson [actor] (role: Rip Van Winkle)

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 14 September 1873, 7.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 14 September 1873, 13.
3)
Review: New York Post, 20 September 1873, 4.

No mention of music.

4)
Review: New York Herald, 21 September 1873, 9.

“Mr. Jefferson’s engagement at Booth’s is among the successes of the season. The matinée yesterday was as largely attended as at any place of amusement in the city.”