Children in the Wood

Event Information

Venue(s):
Niblo's Garden

Conductor(s):
Michael [conductor] Connolly

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
9 April 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

15 Dec 1873, 8:00 PM
16 Dec 1873, 8:00 PM
17 Dec 1873, 8:00 PM
18 Dec 1873, 8:00 PM
19 Dec 1873, 8:00 PM
20 Dec 1873, 1:30 PM
20 Dec 1873, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Children in the wood; or, Harlequin Queen Mab and the world of dreams
aka Cruel uncle and old father time
Text Author: Blanchard
Participants:  Vokes Family;  Maria Bonfanti
2)
Children in the wood, [incidental music]
Composer(s): Connolly

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 14 December 1873, 7.

“Ballet of 150 ladies.”

2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 14 December 1873, 4.
3)
Review: New York Clipper, 27 December 1873, 310.

The page number at the upper left reads 810, but that is clearly a typo and should read 310. Brief; high praise but no mention of music.