Dead Heart

Event Information

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

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
30 July 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

10 Sep 1866, 7:45 PM
11 Sep 1866, 7:45 PM
12 Sep 1866, 7:45 PM
13 Sep 1866, 7:45 PM
14 Sep 1866, 7:45 PM
15 Sep 1866, 1:30 PM
15 Sep 1866, 7:45 PM

Program Details

The drama includes a performance of Rouget de Lisle's “La Marseillaise.”

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Dead heart
Text Author: Webster
Participants:  Chorus, unidentified;  Edwin Adams [actor]
2)
"Marseillaise, La"
aka Chant de guerre pour l’armée du Rhin; Marseillais' Hymn
Composer(s): Rouget de Lisle
Text Author: Rouget de Lisle

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Herald, 10 September 1866, 5.

“In the first act occurs the taking of the bastille [sic] and release of the prisoners, the Marseillaise Hymn being given with a full chorus, and accompanied by a grand revolutionary dance.”

2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 11 September 1866.
3)
Announcement: New York Herald, 15 September 1866, 5.
4)
Review: New York Clipper, 22 September 1866, 190.

No mention of music.