King Henry VIII

Event Information

Venue(s):
Booth's Theatre

Proprietor / Lessee:
Henry C. Jarrett
Henry Palmer

Manager / Director:
Henry C. Jarrett
Henry Palmer

Conductor(s):
Michael [conductor] Connolly

Price: $1; $.50 dress circle; $.30 gallery

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
28 July 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

19 Oct 1874, 8:00 PM
20 Oct 1874, 8:00 PM
21 Oct 1874, 8:00 PM
22 Oct 1874, 8:00 PM
23 Oct 1874, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
King Henry VIII
Text Author: Shakespeare
Participants:  Charlotte Cushman (role: Queen Katharine);  George [actor] Vandenhoff (role: Cardinal Woolsey);  Annie Kemp
2)
Theodora, "Angels, ever fair and bright"
aka Angels ever bright and fair
Composer(s): Handel
Text Author: Morell [librettist]

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Herald, 06 October 1874, 7.
2)
Announcement: New York Post, 08 October 1874, 2.
3)
Article: New-York Times, 17 October 1874, 6.

Includes cast list. “In the last act the quartet, ‘Angels Ever Bright and Fair’—a tasteful, though anachronistic introduction--will be sung by Annie Kemp Bowler, Mabel Lyndon, Pauline Rutherford, and Jul[ian? ius?] Seguin.”

4)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 18 October 1874, 11.
5)
Announcement: New-York Times, 19 October 1874, 5.

Cast list.

6)
Article: New York Herald, 19 October 1874, 6.
7)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 20 October 1874, 4.

No mention of music.

8)
Review: New York Sun, 20 October 1874, 1.

No mention of music.

9)
Review: New York Post, 20 October 1874, 3.

No mention of music.

10)
Review: New York Herald, 20 October 1874, 7.

No mention of music.

11)
Review: New York Clipper, 31 October 1874, 246.

No mention of music; cast list.