Judith, the Daughter of Merari
Event Information
Venue(s):
Winter Garden
Price: $.50 dress circle; .25 family circle
Event Type:
Play With Music
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
15 February 2011
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
04 Apr 1864, 7:30 PM05 Apr 1864, 7:30 PM
06 Apr 1864, 7:30 PM
07 Apr 1864, 7:30 PM
08 Apr 1864, 7:30 PM
09 Apr 1864, 7:30 PM
Program Details
Performers and/or Works Performed
Citations
“The play selected is a five-act adaptation of the biblical story of Judith and Holofernes, and will be presented with new scenery, original music, and a cast including the best members of the stock company.”
“The critical voice of New York is quite unanimous in her [Avonia Jones] favor.”
“Miss Avonia Jones, who on Monday evening appeared for the first time at the Winter Garden, is apparently of the moderately clever class. She has some personal advantages—a good voice, a good figure, and a countenance capable of certain strong expressions. It is proper to say, however, that the voice is not always judiciously employed; that a constant depression of the head injures the effect of the figure, and that the countenance seems to reflect too persistently the same set of emotions, being very little else beside scornful and vindictive at any time. . . .
The piece prepared for Miss Jones’s debut—‘Judith, the daughter of Merari’—is tedious and ineffective. The audience on Monday was greatly fatigued by it.”
“The drama ‘Judith,’ has been given at the Wintergarden, with music by Robert Stoepel.”
“[Avonia Jones] is to appear, for the first time on any stage, in an original tragic play, written expressly for her, entitled ‘Judith, the Daughter of Merari.’ New scenery, properties, and costumes are promised, and likewise original music by Robert Stoepel.”