Duke’s Motto

Event Information

Venue(s):
Niblo's Garden

Proprietor / Lessee:
William Wheatley

Conductor(s):
Harvey Bradley Dodworth

Event Type:
Play With Music, Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
9 October 2010

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

23 Jul 1863, 8:00 PM
24 Jul 1863, 8:00 PM
25 Jul 1863, 8:00 PM

Program Details

John Brougham: The duke’s motto (drama)
Includes the songs: “Wine, bright wine” (Collins)
“While there’s life there’s hope” (Collins)
“Selections of popular music” (Dodworth and Orchestra)

Performers and/or Works Performed

2)
aka I am all here to-night
Text Author: Brougham
3)
Composer(s): Brougham
4)
Composer(s): Dodworth
Text Author: Brougham
5)
aka Choice selections of popular music; American popular airs

Citations

1)
Announcement: New-York Times, 20 July 1863.
 “[T]he ‘Duke’s Motto’ is an all-sufficient attraction.”
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 21 July 1863, 7.
 “This beautiful Theatre WILL BE REOPENED on the Evening of THURSDAY, JULY 23.”
3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 21 July 1863, 7.
“WM. WHEATLEY, having entirely recovered from his RECENT SEVERE INDISPOSITION, will appear.”
4)
Announcement: New York Herald, 22 July 1863, 4.
“The cast of the drama will be the same as before the closing of the theatre.”
5)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 23 July 1863, 7.
“THIS (Thursday) July 23, and EVERY EVENING until further notice. . . . During the evening the Orchestra, under the direction of Mr. HARVEY B. DODWORTH, will perform choice selections of popular music.”
6)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 23 July 1863, 7.

7)
Review: New York Herald, 24 July 1863, 4.
“[A] crowded house.”
8)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 25 July 1863, 115.
 “The establishment, we understand, will re-open on Monday next, July 23rd.”

COMMENT: July 23 was THU. 
9)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 25 July 1863, 7.

10)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 25 July 1863, 7.

11)
Review: New York Clipper, 01 August 1863, 123.
 “Niblo’s re-opened on the 23rd with Collins and the ‘Duke’s Motto.’  The house was very crowded—every seat in the parquet, dress circle and second tier being filled.  The cast was the same as before, with the exception of Mrs. Geo. Jordan, who has been relieved of her command, and Mrs. L.R. Shewell substituted in her place.”