Sleeping Beauty in the Wood

     “Mrs. Wood, as the Sleeping Beauty, dressed magnificently. She is the provoker of much fun, and gives several operatic airs in her own happy style. . . . Miss Eliza Newton was the Prince Perfect, and a perfect prince she made too. Arrayed in the most captivating costume, she looked charming; in the last act she sings a medley and dances an Irish jig with much gusto. She was loudly applauded. . . . Miss Louisa Myers sings several songs very sweetly, each one of which was heartily encored. . . . ’Sleeping Beauty’ has attracted very crowded houses, hundreds being unable to gain admission the night we were present; the piece will, no doubt, run the season out.”

     Announces original performance date, 04/17/65, which was postponed owing to Lincoln’s assassination. “Wide Awake.—‘The Sleeping Beauty,’ so long resting in repose, waiting for the clearing out of ‘The Streets of New York,’ and the cessation of Lent, is to be brought before the public at Mrs. Wood’s Olympic Theatre, this evening, April 17^th. This spectacle is said to have been prepared with a great deal of care. . . . We shall give our opinion of the merits of the spectacle in next week’s Clipper. . . . Since our last, we have been favored with the appearance of Mrs. Wood in some good comedy parts. She is always welcome, be she in comedy, drama, burlesque, or the Tiger business.”

     “Mrs. John Wood produced Planche’s fair extravaganza, The Sleeping Beauty, last evening, before a very good house. . . .Everybody seemed delighted to see the actors again, Miss Meyers’ songs and Mlle. Augusta’s dancing were heartily applauded. . . .The music seemed to us too operatic and lackadaisical. The lively, comic songs were the most liked.”