Hamlet

Event Information

Venue(s):
Winter Garden

Conductor(s):
John P. Cooke [cond.-comp.-vocal]

Event Type:
Play With Music, Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
23 May 2012

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

21 Sep 1863, 7:45 PM
22 Sep 1863, 7:45 PM
23 Sep 1863, 7:45 PM
24 Sep 1863, 7:45 PM
25 Sep 1863, 7:45 PM
26 Sep 1863, 7:45 PM

Program Details

A. H. Davenport, stage manager

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Hamlet, [play]
Text Author: Shakespeare
Participants:  Winter Garden, orchestra;  Edwin Thomas Booth

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 21 September 1863, 7.

2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 21 September 1863, 4.

     The fall and winter season at the Winter Garden begins tonight.  Mr. John Cooke leads the orchestra.  Mr. A. H. Davenport will be the stage manager. 

3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 21 September 1863.

4)
Review: New York Herald, 22 September 1863, 7.

     Booth tends to overact. 

5)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 25 September 1863, 7.

     Postponement of Othello because of success of Hamlet.  Friday and Saturday are the last nights to see Booth in Hamlet.