Midsummer Night’s Dream

Event Information

Venue(s):
New-Yorker Stadt-Theater [37-39 Bowery - pre-Sept 1864]

Conductor(s):
Franz [vn, cond. and opera director] Herwig

Price: $1; $.50; $.25; $.15

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
1 October 2014

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

22 Jan 1864, 8:00 PM

Program Details

Shakespeare: Ein Sommernachtstraum
Mendelssohn, music

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Midsummer night’s dream, A
Text Author: Shakespeare

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 22 January 1864.
Full cast list included.
2)
Review: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 22 January 1864, 8.
The theater event was well attended and the performance was thoroughly prepared. The costumes also deserve praise except the women’s costumes were too modern.