Cinderella

Event Information

Venue(s):
Olympic Theatre

Proprietor / Lessee:
Mrs. John Wood

Manager / Director:
Mrs. John Wood

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
22 June 2012

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

12 Mar 1866, 7:45 PM
13 Mar 1866, 7:45 PM
14 Mar 1866, 7:45 PM
15 Mar 1866, 7:45 PM

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Mrs. John Wood;  George Fawcett Rowe
2)
Doing for the best
Text Author: Lacy
3)
Cinderella; or, The lover, the lackey, and the little glass slipper
aka Cinderella e la comare; Cinderella burlesque; Cinderella; or, the prince, the lackey, and the little glass slipper; Clorinda, the girl of the period
Text Author: Byron
Participants:  Mrs. John Wood (role: Cinderella);  George Fawcett Rowe (role: Clorinda)

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Post, 12 March 1866, 2.

An “extravaganza” that “has proved so popular that it will be kept on for several nights yet.  Mrs. John Wood’s Cinderella is well-nigh perfect.”

2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 13 March 1866.
3)
Review: New York Clipper, 24 March 1866, 398.

“Mrs. Wood was in her element, affording a fund of comic humor.”