Sam

Event Information

Venue(s):
Broadway Theatre [485 Broadway; 1864-69]

Manager / Director:
George A. F. Wood

Conductor(s):
John P. Cooke [cond.-comp.-vocal]

Event Type:
Play With Music, Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
15 August 2012

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

09 Oct 1865, Evening
10 Oct 1865, Evening
11 Oct 1865, Evening
12 Oct 1865, Evening
13 Oct 1865, Evening
14 Oct 1865, Evening
14 Oct 1865, 1:00 PM

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Sam
Text Author: De Walden
Participants:  Broadway Theatre, orchestra;  Francis Chanfrau (role: Sam);  Olive Logan
2)
Overture, unidentified
Composer(s): Cooke [cond.-comp.-vocal]

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 09 October 1865, 7.

“Previous to the comedy A NEW OVERTURE, composed by John F. [sic] Cooke, and respectfully dedicated to ‘Sam.’”

2)
Announcement: New-York Times, 09 October 1865, 4.
3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 09 October 1865, 7.
4)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 09 October 1865, 5.

“Mr. Cooke has composed a new overture, which will be given to-night by the orchestra, under his able superintendence.”

5)
Review: New-York Times, 11 October 1865, 4.

No music mentioned; long, mostly positive review.

6)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 14 October 1865, 215.

“Previous to the comedy, a new overture by the orchestra”

7)
Review: New York Clipper, 21 October 1865, 222.

Music not mentioned.  “The plot is so weak that we cannot give it room.”  Olive Logan gave “a very unsatisfactory performance.”