Edmund Kean

Event Information

Venue(s):
Wood's Museum and Metropolitan Theatre

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
16 June 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

11 Jan 1875, 8:00 PM
12 Jan 1875, 8:00 PM
13 Jan 1875, 2:00 PM
13 Jan 1875, 8:00 PM
14 Jan 1875, 8:00 PM
15 Jan 1875, 8:00 PM
16 Jan 1875, 2:00 PM
16 Jan 1875, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Edmund Kean; or, Life among the Gipsies
aka Edmund Kean; or, Life among the Gypsies
Text Author: Fitzgerald
Participants:  George M. Ciprico
2)
Captain Kyd; or, The wizard of the sea
aka Witch of Hurlgate; Witch of Hell Gate; Captain Kidd
Text Author: Jones

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 10 January 1875, 11.
2)
Review: New-York Times, 12 January 1875, 7.

Brief; no mention of music. 

3)
Review: New York Herald, 13 January 1875, 7.

Brief; no mention of music. 

4)
Review: New York Clipper, 23 January 1875, 342.

No mention of music. Captain Kyd was added to the program on Friday evening and continued for the rest of the week.