Event Information

Venue(s):
Olympic Theatre

Proprietor / Lessee:
Mrs. John Wood

Manager / Director:
John H. Selwyn
Mrs. John Wood

Conductor(s):
Thomas Baker

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
30 June 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

28 Dec 1863, 7:45 PM
29 Dec 1863, 7:45 PM
30 Dec 1863, 7:45 PM
31 Dec 1863, 7:45 PM
01 Jan 1864, 7:45 PM
02 Jan 1864, 7:45 PM

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Camilla’s husband
Text Author: Phillips
Participants:  William (Pleater), Sr. Davidge;  Mrs. John Wood (role: Lady Camilla Hailstone);  George W. Jamieson;  John K. Mortimer
2)
Camilla's husband, [incidental music]
Composer(s): Baker

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 27 December 1863.

2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 28 December 1863, 7.

3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 30 December 1863, 7.
“New Music, New Scenery, New Costumes, New Appointments . . . New and incidental Music by Thomas Baker.”
4)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 31 December 1863, 7.

5)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 01 January 1864, 7.
“New and Incidental Music by THOMAS BAKER.”
6)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 02 January 1864, 303.
Gives starting time as 7:30 pm.
7)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 02 January 1864, 302.

8)
Review: New York Clipper, 09 January 1864, 307.
“Last week [Wood] produced ‘Camilla’s Husband’—no relation to Miss Heron’s Camille. . . . The new play will do for the holidays, but it cannot be called a ‘marked success.’”