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:
2 June 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

17 Aug 1874, 8:00 PM
18 Aug 1874, 8:00 PM
19 Aug 1874, 8:00 PM
20 Aug 1874, 8:00 PM
21 Aug 1874, 8:00 PM
22 Aug 1874, 1:30 PM
22 Aug 1874, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

2)
Text Author: Albery
3)
Text Author: Bayly

Citations

1)
Article: New-York Times, 14 July 1874, 4.

Forthcoming appearance and American debut of J. L. Toole, the English comedian.

2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 02 August 1874, 7.
3)
Article: New-York Daily Tribune, 07 August 1874, 5.

Dinner at the Lotus Club; notable guests; speeches, songs, dramatic imitations; speech by William Winter in the form of a poetic tribute to Toole.

4)
Article: New York Post, 12 August 1874, 2.
5)
Announcement: New York Herald, 16 August 1874, 7.

Toole’s forthcoming American debut

6)
Article: New-York Daily Tribune, 17 August 1874, 5.
7)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 18 August 1874, 4.

No mention of music; cast listings. 

8)
Review: New-York Times, 18 August 1874, 4.

No mention of music. 

9)
Review: New York Post, 18 August 1874, 2.

No mention of music. 

10)
Review: New York Herald, 18 August 1874, 7.

No mention of music. 

11)
Review: New York Sun, 19 August 1874, 2.

No mention of music. 

12)
Review: New York Clipper, 29 August 1874, 174.

No mention of music; cast listings.