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Relationships of Wallack's Lyceum

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Brougham, John (1810-1880)

A'Beckett, Gilbert Abbott, et. al. Songs, Duets, Trios, Choruses, &c. in the Operatic Comedy of "The Ambassadress". New York: Baker, Godwin & Co., 1851.

Brougham's theater, the Lyceum, staged the first production of The Ambassadress in 1851.

Brougham, John. David Copperfield. A Drama, in Three Acts. Adapted from Dickens' Popular Work of the Same Name. London: John Dicks, 1885.

Brougham is mentioned as a member of the original cast of David Copperfield when it played at the Lyceum.

Brougham, John. Neptune's Defeat; or, The Seizure of the Seas. A New and Curiously Original Allegoric, Mythologic, Metaphoric Filtration of Sur-Passing Events. To which Are Added a Description of the Costume---Cast of the Characters---Entrances and Exits---Relative Posit. New York: Samuel French, 1858.

Brougham is listed as part of the original cast of Neptune's Defeat when it played at Wallack's Lyceum.

Odell, George Clinton. Annals of the New York Stage: Volume VI (1850-1857). New York: Columbia University Press, 1931.

Odell discusses the "splendor" of Brougham's Lyceum at Broadway and Broom Street.

Clare, Ada (1836-1874)

Parry, Albert. Garrets and Pretenders: A History of Bohemianism in America. New York: Covici, Friede, 1933. [pages:28]

Her professional stage debut was in 1858 at Wallack's Lyceum.

Eytinge, Rose (1838-1911)

Eytinge, Rose. The Memories of Rose Eytinge: Being Recollections & Observations of Men, Women, and Events, during Half a Century. New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1905. [pages:45]

Eytinge eagerly accepted an offer from John Wallack to work in his acting company and tour the East coast.

Wilson, James Grant and John Fiske, eds. Appletons' Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Volume II, Crane-Grimshaw. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1888. [pages:396]

Eytinge was the leadng lady in Wallack' company from 1868-9.

Wingate, Charles E. L. Shakespeare's Heroines on the Stage. New York: T.Y. Crowell & Company, 1895. [pages:172]

Eytinge was the leading lady at Wallack's Lyceum.

Gayler, Charles (1820-1892)

Odell, George C.D. Annals of the New York Stage: Volume VIII (1865-1870). New York:Columbia University Press, 1936. [pages:564]

Gayler's Fritz, Our Cousin German played at Wallack's during the 1869-70 season.

Heron, Matilda (1830-1877)

Miller, Tice L. Bohemians and Critics: American Theatre Criticism in the Nineteenth Century. Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, 1981. [pages:10]

Heron performed the role of Marguerite Gautier in Alexandre Dumas' La Dame aux Camelias at Wallack's Theatre on January 22, 1857.

Odell, George Clinton. Annals of the New York Stage: Volume VI (1850-1857). New York: Columbia University Press, 1931. [pages:534]

Odell makes note of Heron's appearances at Wallack's in 1856-57 season.

Keene, Laura (1826-1873)

Odell, George Clinton. Annals of the New York Stage: Volume VI (1850-1857). New York: Columbia University Press, 1931. [pages:215]

Keene appeared in plays at Wallack's where she spent a year or more as the company's lead actress and helped to raise its standards.

de Walden, Thomas Blades (1811-1873)

Watson, J. W. "Notes and Comments: How Artemus Ward Became a Great Lecturer." North American Review. 01 Apr. 1889: 521-522. [pages:522]

De Walden was part of the Wallack company at one point.