Hamlet

Event Information

Venue(s):
Winter Garden

Proprietor / Lessee:
William [critic, manager] Stuart

Manager / Director:
William [critic, manager] Stuart

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
6 November 2012

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

15 Jan 1866, 7:30 PM
16 Jan 1866, 7:30 PM
17 Jan 1866, 1:00 PM
18 Jan 1866, 7:30 PM
19 Jan 1866, 7:30 PM
20 Jan 1866, 7:30 PM

Program Details

Overture at 7:20 pm.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Hamlet, [play]
Text Author: Shakespeare
Participants:  Edwin Thomas Booth (role: Hamlet)

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 15 January 1866.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 17 January 1866, 7.
3)
Review: New-York Times, 18 January 1866, 4.

     “Mr. Booth’s first matinee at this establishment yesterday filled the house to overflowing.”

4)
Review: New-York Times, 22 January 1866, 4.

     “Matinees seem to increase in popularity.  Mr. Booth played Hamlet to a superb house on Wednesday afternoon.”