Richelieu

Event Information

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

Manager / Director:
George A. F. Wood

Price: $.50

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
12 April 2013

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

20 Aug 1866, Evening
21 Aug 1866, Evening
22 Aug 1866, Evening
23 Aug 1866, Evening
24 Aug 1866, Evening
25 Aug 1866, 1:30 PM

Program Details

Opening night in the newly-renovated theatre.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Richelieu; or, The conspiracy
aka Conspiracy, The
Text Author: Bulwer-Lytton
Participants:  George C. Davenport;  Miron Winslow Leffingwell;  Joseph E. Nagle;  Alice Gray;  James Stark (role: Richelieu);  George W. Stoddart

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Post, 20 August 1866.
2)
Announcement: New York Post, 20 August 1866, 2.
3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 20 August 1866, 4.
4)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 20 August 1866, 4.
5)
Advertisement: New-York Daily Tribune, 21 August 1866.
6)
Review: New York Herald, 21 August 1866, 5.

No mention of music.

7)
Review: New York Herald, 23 August 1866.

No mention of music.

8)
Review: New York Herald, 23 August 1866, 5.

     “The new Broadway Theatre—Its alterations and improvements—The new company and the new star,” Remarks on the new theatre. 

9)
Announcement: New York Herald, 25 August 1866, 4.