Some scenes from A Midsummer Night's Dream written by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) and produced at the Daly's Theatre, New York City, starring Joseph Holland (1860-1926) as Theseus and Phoebe Russell (1864-1909) as Hippolyta, on January 31, 1888.
New York Times : 1888/01/22 THE THEATRES--MR. DALY'S PLANS - The New York Times The first performance of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at Daly's Theatre will be given on Tuesday evening, Jan. 31, and here is the way the parts will be distributed: View Full Article in ...
New York Times : 1888/02/01 AMUSEMENTS.; "A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM" AT DALY'S THEATRE. The dreamland of Shakespeare was pictured on the stage of Daly's Theatre last night; Duke Theseus wedded his amazon queen, Hippolita, and two Athenian maidens, wandering in the...
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| James Lewis as Bottom |
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| Ada Rehan as Helena |
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| John Drew as Francis Ford |
Daly's comedy The Railroad of Love (an adaptation of a German play) was followed by Shakespeare's Two Gentlemen of Verona. The latter had not been professionally staged in London since 1841, and despite respectful reviews and a starry cast including Rehan, Lewis, Tyrone Power, Frank Worthing and Maxine Elliott, it did not attract the public.[10] The production of A Midsummer Night's Dream that followed did better.
