Dramatic Reading with Orchestra
Event Information
Venue(s):
Irving Hall
Conductor(s):
Theodore Thomas [see also Thomas Orchestra]
Price: $.50; $1 reserved
Event Type:
Orchestral
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
22 November 2010
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
20 Oct 1863, EveningProgram Details
Performers and/or Works Performed
Citations
8)
“A select and influential class of the community will thank Miss Kimberly for a peculiar and agreeable entertainment, which that lady provided last evening, but we fear that the class is too limited for Miss Kimberly to reciprocate the feeling of thankfulness. The people who do not frequent the theatres, and rarely go to any public performance, are reasonably expected to show their strength when a lyric poem is provided for their delectation, and especially when a fine orchestra is added to the other attractions; but their strength does not seem equal to the efforts that are made to draw it out. Artistically, Miss Kimberly’s reading of the ‘Midsummer’s Night Dream [sic]’ was excellent, and the musical illustrations, under the direction of Mr. Theodore Thomas, were all that could be desired. Commercially, we fear that the enterprise was a failure—the hall, at all events, was not more than half filled. This is much to be regretted. An evening that combines intellectual with musical enjoyment so happily, ought to be regarded with especial and extraordinary favor. Miss Kimberly’s name is associated with brave efforts of this sort, and we hope that, on the repetition of the entertainment, the public will show a better appreciation of her enterprise.”