Shamus O’Brien

Event Information

Venue(s):
Wallack's Theatre

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
14 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, Evening

Program Details

Shamus O’Brien included the songs “Green above the red,” and “Ruction jig.”

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Shamus O’Brien; or, The bould boy of Glencall, [Irish drama]
aka Shamus O'Brien; or, The bould boy of Glengall
Text Author: McDonough, Maeder
Participants:  Dan Bryant;  Rosa Cooke [soprano]
2)
"Green above the red"
Composer(s): Leverich
3)
"Ruction jig"
Composer(s): Brougham

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 20 August 1866.
2)
Advertisement: New York Post, 20 August 1866.
3)
Announcement: New York Post, 20 August 1866, 2.
4)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 20 August 1866.
5)
Review: New-York Times, 20 August 1866, 5.

Brief; no mention of music. 

6)
Advertisement: New-York Daily Tribune, 20 August 1866.
7)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 21 August 1866, 5.

     “ . . . The Irish dances introduced into this piece are especially worth seeing, by reason of their purely national flavor. Mr. Bryant, by the way, ought to omit the speeches in rhyme. They are not in keeping with the character of Shamus O’Brien, nor with the circumstances in which they are spoken, and Mr. Bryant delivers them in a sort of chant which is absolutely ludicrous. It may be well, also, to remind Miss Rosa Cooke that it is her province to act and not to dawdle.”

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

     “The ‘Ruction Jig’ is a great success, and its nightly repetition is a matter of conscientious demand.”