The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

The Dark Hour Before Dawn

"The Dark Hour Before Dawn." New York Saturday Press, April 30, 1859, 2.
Electronic Source Available
Type
newspaper
Genre
theater criticism
Abstract

A critique of a new play entitled The Dark Hour Before Dawn which, according to the Saturday Press, lived up to its “amateur” status. The critic was most ecstatic when the curtain dropped, and the play was finished.