Niblo's Garden

Event Information

Venue(s):
Niblo's Garden

Proprietor / Lessee:
William Wheatley

Manager / Director:
William Wheatley

Conductor(s):
Harvey Bradley Dodworth

Price: $.50; .75 parquet stalls; .25 family circle

Event Type:
Play With Music, Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
24 September 2010

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

18 Oct 1862, 7:45 PM

Program Details

Th play is “founded on Washington Irving’s story” – starring Mr. Hackett.
The quadrilles were performed between acts.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: Niblo's Garden, orchestra

2)

Rip Van Winkle, overture

Composer(s): Bristow

3)

Rip Van Winkle; or, The demons of the Catskill Mountains

aka Rip Van Winkle, a legend of Katskill Mountains

Text Author: Kerr

4)

Rip Van Winkle, quadrilles

Composer(s): Bristow

5)

His last legs

Text Author: Bernard

Citations

1)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 18 October 1862, 7.

2)

Advertisement: New-York Times, 18 October 1862, 7.

Cast. “Last night but two of Mr. Hackett. . . . The Overture and Quadrilles from G.F. Bristow’s opera of ‘Rip Van Winkle’ will be given previous to the drama and between the acts.”