Rosedale

Event Information

Venue(s):
Wallack's Theatre

Proprietor / Lessee:
James William, Sr. [1794-1864] Wallack

Price: $1 orchestra stalls; $.75 dress circle reserved; $.50 dress circle and parquet; $.25 family circle; $7 private boxes

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
31 October 2014

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

02 Feb 1864, 7:45 PM

Program Details

Benefit of the Sanitary Commission

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Rosedale; or, The rifle ball
aka Rifle ball, The
Text Author: Wallack

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 01 February 1864, 7.

2)
Announcement: New-York Times, 01 February 1864, 4.

3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 01 February 1864, 7.

“Mr. Jas. W. Wallack has, in the promptest and handsomest manner, offered all the resources of his establishment. . . . James W. Wallack proposes to pay over THE WHOLE OF THE RECEIPTS of the Theatre on that evening.”

4)
Announcement: New York Post, 02 February 1864.

5)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 02 February 1864, 7.

Cast.  “Overture commences at 7 ¾.”

6)
Review: New York Post, 05 February 1864, 2.

“[R]esulted in a net profit to the Sanitary Commission of $904.25, which Mr. Wallack has handed over to the Treasurer of the Metropolitan Fair.”

7)
Review: New York Clipper, 13 February 1864, 347.

“The benefit in aid of the fund of the Sanitary Commission, given by Mr. Wallack at this theatre on the 2nd inst., realized $904.25, that being the amount of the entire receipts.  As there were extra inducements held out for a large attendance, we should take this sum as the cash capacity of Wallack’s house.  We trust that others will follow the excellent example set them by the veteran manager.”