Sea of Ice

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

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
24 September 2011

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

11 Jul 1864, 7:45 PM
12 Jul 1864, 7:45 PM
13 Jul 1864, 7:45 PM
14 Jul 1864, 7:45 PM
15 Jul 1864, 7:45 PM
16 Jul 1864, Matinee
16 Jul 1864, 7:45 PM

Program Details



Lucille Western is the sister of Helen Western, who is performing concurrently at the Broadway Theatre.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Lucille Western
2)
Sea of ice; or, A mother's prayer, [drama]
Participants:  Lucille Western
3)
Sea of ice, [incidental music]
Composer(s): Cooke [cond.-comp.-vocal]

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 11 July 1864.

2)
Advertisement: New-York Daily Tribune, 11 July 1864.

3)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 11 July 1864, 5.

4)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 12 July 1864.

5)
Review: New York Herald, 12 July 1864, 1.

      No mention of music.  “A sea of ice is a very nice thing this warm weather [sic]. . . . Western made her first appearance at this theatre on an iceberg. . . . Of course the standard old melodrama was well received by a very large audience.”

6)
Review: New York Post, 12 July 1864, 3.

      Brief review; no mention of music.  Western “acted with much vigor and effect.”

7)
Review: New-York Times, 12 July 1864, 4.

      No mention of music.  “The house, notwithstanding the temperature was handsomely filled. . . .

      . . .[Western’s] colloquial and pantomimic capacity is fully equal to the requirements of the play.”

8)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 16 July 1864, 110.

9)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 16 July 1864, 111.

      Cast of Sea of Ice.  “[T]he Original Music.”

10)
Review: New York Clipper, 23 July 1864.

      Description of the scenic effects “moving icebergs, the Aurora Borealis,” etc. No mention of music.