Event Information
Venue(s):
Wallack's Theatre
Event Type:
Play With Music
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
13 October 2011
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
08 Aug 1864, Evening
09 Aug 1864, Evening
Program Details
Boucicault: Colleen Bawn, The; or, The brides of Garryowen
Includes the songs: “Pretty girl milking her cow, The†and “Cruiskeen [Cruskeen] lawn, The,†both sung by Burke
Performers and/or Works Performed
1)
aka Brides of Garryowen;
Paddy Murphy
2)
aka Valley lay smiling before me, The;
Pretty girl milking her cow, A
Composer(s): Benedict
3)
aka Cruskeen lawn;
Darby Maguire
Composer(s): Benedict
Citations
1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 07 August 1864.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Daily Tribune, 08 August 1864.
Bryant’s characterization is the best “since the days of the lamented Tyrone Power.”
3)
Announcement: New-York Times, 08 August 1864, 4.
“Bryant’s engagement has been prolonged at Wallack’s for another week.”