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:
4 April 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

08 Dec 1873, 8:00 PM
09 Dec 1873, 8:00 PM
10 Dec 1873, 8:00 PM
11 Dec 1873, 8:00 PM
12 Dec 1873, 8:00 PM
13 Dec 1873, 1:30 PM
13 Dec 1873, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

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Text Author: Williams

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 06 December 1873, 286.

“‘Home’ is announced as the next novelty at Wallack’s. The sparse attendance in the upper circles of that house would indicate that the people prefer home to the theatre.”

2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 07 December 1873, 7.

 “…So far not a single play which has been produced since Mr. Wallack’s return to his own stage has been badly acted…”

3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 07 December 1873, 4.

Full cast list.

4)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 08 December 1873, 7.
5)
Review: New-York Times, 09 December 1873, 5.

Long review; no mention of music.

6)
Review: New York Herald, 09 December 1873, 3.

No mention of music.

7)
Review: New York Herald, 10 December 1873, 6.

“A funny incident occurred at Wallack’s the other evening as the audience was dispersing. The parquet was already empty, except that one man remained asleep in his stall. This being discovered part of the audience returned and gave him three hearty cheers.”