Fool’s Revenge
Event Information
Venue(s):
Niblo's Garden
Proprietor / Lessee:
William Wheatley
Manager / Director:
William Wheatley
Conductor(s):
Harvey Bradley Dodworth
Event Type:
Play With Music, Orchestral
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
11 June 2015
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
28 Mar 1864, Evening29 Mar 1864, Evening
30 Mar 1864, Evening
31 Mar 1864, Evening
01 Apr 1864, Evening
02 Apr 1864, Evening
Program Details
Monday is the opening night.
Performers and/or Works Performed
1)
Participants: Niblo's Garden, orchestra; Edwin Thomas Booth (role: Bertuccio, a jester)
Citations
3)
Long plot synopsis. “Edwin Booth commenced his first engagement at Niblo’s on the 28th ult., opening in Tom Taylor’s drama of ‘The Fools Revenge.’ The story is one with which we have had a previous acquaintance in the opera of ‘Rigoletto. . .This drama affords Mr. Booth excellent opportunity for the display of his dramatic powers. . .The house was crowded to suffocation on Monday evening; camp stool were placed in every available spot in the parquet and parquet circle, and the upper part of the house was crowded full.”