Rip Van Winkle

Event Information

Venue(s):
Olympic Theatre

Manager / Director:
Leonard Grover

Price: $.50; $.25 children

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
28 July 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

03 Sep 1866, Evening
04 Sep 1866, Evening
05 Sep 1866, Evening
06 Sep 1866, Evening
07 Sep 1866, Evening
08 Sep 1866, Evening

Program Details

Scenery by E. Hayes and D.A. Strong.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Rip Van Winkle, [play by Boucicault]
aka Rip Van Winkle; or, The sleep of twenty years
Text Author: Boucicault
Participants:  Joseph, III Jefferson [actor]
2)
Rip Van Winkle, [incidental music]
Composer(s): Baker

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 02 September 1866, 7.

Lists full cast.

2)
Announcement: New York Post, 03 September 1866.
3)
Announcement: New-York Times, 03 September 1866, 5.
4)
Review: New-Yorker Musik-Zeitung, 05 September 1866, 75.

Sold out performance, very well received by the audience.

5)
Review: New-York Times, 05 September 1866.

Lengthy review, mostly about Jefferson. No mention of music.

6)
Review: New-York Times, 05 September 1866, 4.

No mention of music. “Olympic Theatre.—The house was as usual packed last night, and late comers were somewhat startled by the placarded announcement of, ‘only standing room left,’ while early ones were treated gratuitously to the blessings of a first-class vapor bath. Mr. Jefferson’s reception was enthusiastic, and the performance gave such satisfaction to the audience as can only be indicated by extravagant applause.”

7)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 08 September 1866, 174.
8)
Advertisement: New York Sun, 08 September 1866.
9)
Review: New York Clipper, 15 September 1866, 182.

Lengthy review of Jefferson’s performance. No mention of music.