Event Information

Venue(s):
Booth's Theatre

Proprietor / Lessee:
Edwin Thomas Booth

Manager / Director:
Edwin Thomas Booth

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

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
26 February 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

13 Jun 1873, 8:00 PM
14 Jun 1873, 1:30 PM
14 Jun 1873, 8:00 PM

Program Details

A Regular fix was performed only on Saturday evening; this was the close of the season and the last performance under management of Edwin Booth.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Edward Askew Sothern;  Adelaide Neilson
2)
As you like it
Text Author: Shakespeare
Participants:  Adelaide Neilson (role: Rosalind)
3)
Regular fix!, A
Text Author: Morton
Participants:  Edward Askew Sothern

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 08 June 1873, 7.
2)
Article: New-York Times, 15 June 1873, 4.
3)
Article: New-York Daily Tribune, 16 June 1873, 4.

Edwin Booth’s retirement from management; survey of the past season; Junius Booth, new manager; theater to remain closed until August.

4)
Article: New-York Times, 16 June 1873, 5.

Miss Neilson’s remarks to the audience following her last performance. 

5)
Review: New York Sun, 16 June 1873, 2.

No mention of music; Miss Neilson’s remarks.

6)
Review: New York Post, 16 June 1873, 2.

Brief; no mention of music. 

7)
Article: New York Herald, 16 June 1873, 6.

Miss Neilson’s remarks following her final performance.

8)
Article: New-York Daily Tribune, 17 June 1873, 4.

Actress’s plans to return to New York in the fall. 

9)
Review: New York Clipper, 21 June 1873, 94.

No mention of music; cast listing. Summary of the season.