Hamlet

Event Information

Venue(s):
Booth's Theatre

Proprietor / Lessee:
Henry C. Jarrett
Henry Palmer

Manager / Director:
Henry C. Jarrett
Henry Palmer

Conductor(s):
Giuseppe Operti

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
18 July 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

30 Aug 1875, Evening
31 Aug 1875, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Hamlet, [play]
Text Author: Shakespeare
Participants:  Barry Sullivan

Citations

1)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 09 August 1875, 5.

Sullivan’s arrival in New York on the Germania. 

2)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 28 August 1875, 174.

Names of company members. 

3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 29 August 1875, 11.

Cast listing. 

4)
Review: New-York Times, 31 August 1875, 4.

No mention of music. 

5)
Review: New York Sun, 31 August 1875, 3.

No mention of music. 

6)
Review: New York Post, 31 August 1875, 2.

No mention of music. 

7)
Review: New York Herald, 31 August 1875, 10.

No mention of music. 

8)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 04 September 1875, 182.

“…Mr. Sullivan is to be escorted to his hotel by the latter [American Rifle Team and the Sixty-Ninth Regiment], where he will be serenaded by the orchestra of the theatre, under the direction of Signor G. Operti, and there will be a display of fireworks.”

9)
Review: New York Clipper, 11 September 1875, 190.

No mention of music.