Event Information

Venue(s):
Wallack's Theatre

Proprietor / Lessee:
Lester Wallack

Manager / Director:
Lester Wallack

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
3 March 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

22 Nov 1873, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Lester Wallack;  John Gilbert [actor];  Mrs. John Sefton;  Harry [actor] Beckett;  Effie [actress and singer] Germon;  Dora Goldthwaite
2)
Liar, The
Text Author: Mathews
Participants:  Lester Wallack (role: Young Wilding);  John Gilbert [actor];  Mrs. John Sefton
3)
To oblige Benson
Text Author: Taylor [dramatist]
Participants:  Harry [actor] Beckett;  Effie [actress and singer] Germon;  Dora Goldthwaite

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 17 November 1873, 2.

Full cast list for Liar. Produced with “appropriate music.”

2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 19 November 1873, 2.

Full cast list for To oblige Benson.

3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 22 November 1873, 11.

Full cast lists. “With new and appropriate scenery, music, costumes, and appointments.”

4)
Review: New York Herald, 23 November 1873, 9.

Long review; no mention of music.

5)
Review: New York Sun, 24 November 1873, 2.

Difficult to read. Does not seem to mention music.

6)
Review: New York Post, 24 November 1873, 2.

No mention of music.

7)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 25 November 1873, 4.

No mention of music.

8)
Review: New York Clipper, 29 November 1873.

In “Introductory Overture” column. Makes jokes about The Liar and Boss Tweed.