Ticket-of-Leave Man, The

Event Information

Venue(s):
Winter Garden

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
23 July 2014

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

07 Dec 1863, 7:30 PM
08 Dec 1863, 7:30 PM
09 Dec 1863, 7:30 PM
10 Dec 1863, 7:30 PM
11 Dec 1863, 7:30 PM
12 Dec 1863, 7:30 PM

Program Details

Tom Taylor: The Ticket-of-Leave-Man (New music by J.P. Cooke) includes: “Die Haus die Menten und Perlen” (German song – Mrs. Florence).

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  William Jermyn Florence;  Mrs. William Jermyn Florence
2)
Ticket-of-leave man, The, [drama]
aka Ticket of leave man
Text Author: Taylor [dramatist]
3)
"Haus die Menten und Perlen, Die"
Participants:  Mrs. William Jermyn Florence

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 06 December 1863.
Large ad includes reviews from NYH, NYT, and NYTr.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 07 December 1863, 7.

3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 10 December 1863.
“The most successful engagement ever acted in this theater. . . . Mr. and Mrs. Florence, the most promising young players on the American stage.”
4)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 11 December 1863.
“Mrs. Florence would respectfully inform those patrons of the Winter Garden, who reside in Brooklyn, Williamsburg and Jersey City, that The Ticket of Leave Man concludes by twenty minutes past 10, hereby enabling them to reach home at an early hour.”

5)
Review: New York Clipper, 19 December 1863, 283.
The play “draws well . . . We were in attendance one evening last week, and were very much pleased with the piece; indeed, it is the finest thing in the dramatic way that has been produced at the Winter Garden for a long time.”