Reviewing Uncle Tom Onstage

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Playbill, first Boston
Production | Clifton
Waller Barrett Collection









Playbill, first New York
Production | The Harry
Birdoff Collection,
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Center, Hartford















Playbill, Christy &
Wood's Minstrel Burlesque
Harvard Theatre Collection
The Houghton Library




















Philadelphia Playbill
Chesnut St. Theatre
Harvard Theatre Collection
The Houghton Library
First New York Production, National Theatre, 1852
  • [Dramatization of UTC]
        New York Times   (19 August 1852)
  • ["a serious & mischievous blunder"]
        New York Herald   (3 September 1852)
  • "A New Thing"
        The Liberator   (8 October 1852)
    •

    Aiken Dramatization, Troy & Albany, 1852-1853
  • 30 Unsigned Notices
        Troy Daily Times (September 1852 - May 1853)
  • 8 Unsigned Notices
        Troy Northern Budget (September 1852 - June 1853)
  • 6 Unsigned Notices
        Albany Evening Transcript (June 1853)
  • Unsigned Notice
        Albany Atlas (15 June 1853)
    •

    Conway Dramatization, Boston Museum
  • Uncle Tom's Cabin
        Boston Commonwealth (November 1852)
  • Uncle Tom's Cabin at a Boston Theatre
        Ohio Anti-Slavery Bugle (16 November 1852)
  • ["a disgrace to Boston"]
        Quincy Patriot (December 1852)
  • [1899 Reprint]
        The Carpet Bag (1 January 1853)
  • [outraging decency]
        Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion (2 July 1853)
  • [UTC Again]
        The Independent (13 April 1854)
  • [Another UTC, at Boston's National Theatre]
        The Independent (22 June 1854)
  • [The Other UTC at National]
        The Spirit of the Times (24 June 1854)
    •

    Aiken Dramatization, National Theatre, New York, 1853
  • 25 Notices
        The Spirit of the Times   (July 1853 - May 1854)
  • "Uncle Tom" among the Bowery Boys
        New York Times   (July 1853)
  • [should church members attend the play?]
        New York Herald   (23 July 1853)
  • "Uncle Tom" on the Stage
        The Liberator   (August 1853)
  • A Great Change in a Short Time
        New York Evening Post   (August 1853)
  • Abolition Dramatized
        New York Tribune   (August 1853)
  • [UTC at the National (1)]
        National Era   (18 August 1853)
  • The Anti-Slavery Drama
        National Anti-Slavery Standard   (20 August 1853)
  • [UTC at the National (2)]
        National Era   (25 August 1853)
  • UTC and the Drama
        New York Observer   (1 September 1853)
  • 2 Notices [Aiken's Renumeration]
        New York Herald   (September 1853)
  • [A Visit to the National Theatre]
        New York Atlas   (16 October 1853)
  • 3 Notices
        New York Tribune   (October 1853)
  • The Theatre in New-York
        New York Times   (25 October 1853)
  • UTC at the National [& in The Times]
        New York Herald   (26 October 1853)
  • [Reply to the Herald]
        New York Times   (27 October 1853)
  • "Satan Transformed"
        Liberator   (4 November 1853)
  • [26 Advertising Notices]
        New York Times   (November 1853 - June 1854)
  • [UTC at the National (3)]
        National Era   (3 November 1853)
  • JUBILEE ADVERTISEMENT
        The New York Tribune   (10 November 1853)
  • [UTC at 2 New York Theaters]
        National Era   (24 November 1853)
  • Editor's Table
        Knickerbocker Magazine   (February 1854)
  • The Moral Temple of New York
        New York Times   (28 February 1854)
  • The Theatre and the Clergy
        New York Times   (28 February 1854)
  • Poor Uncle Tom!
        New York Times   (1 March 1854)
  • [Howards at National, 2 Advertising Notices]
        New York Times   (August 1856)
  • Farewell to Little Cordelia
        New York Times   (8 November 1856)
  • [Howards at National, 6 Advertising Notices]
        New York Times   (July 1857)


    • Other Aiken Dramatizations
  • National Theatre, Philadelphia
        National Era   (October 1853)
  • [Cordelia Howard in Baltimore]
        New York Times   (1 May 1855)
  • [Howards at Burton's Theatre]
        New York Times   (14 December 1858)


    • Barnum's Dramatization
  • [12 Advertising Notices]
        New York Times   (November - December 1853)
  • [Letter from "Truth"]
        New York Times   (12 November 1853)
  • Uncle Tom at Barnum's
        The New York Tribune   (15 November 1853)
  • ADVERTISEMENT
        The New York Tribune   (16 November 1853)
  • "Uncle Tom" at Barnum's
        The New York Tribune   (17 November 1853)
  • "Uncle Tom" at Barnum's
        The New York Tribune   (2 December 1853)
  • American Museum, New York
        The Liberator   (16 December 1853)


    • Aiken's Version at Barnum's
  • [Advertising Notice]
        New York Times   (28 February 1855)
  • [3 Advertising Notices]
        New York Times   (April 1856)
  • [3 Advertising Notices]
        New York Times   (May 1859)
    • Other New York Productions
  • Uncle Tom's Cabin at the St. Charles
        Spirit of the Times   (3 September 1853)
  • Uncle Tom at the Bowery
        New York Tribune   (17 January 1854)
  • T. D. Rice as Tom at Bowery
        Spirit of the Times   (21 January 1854)
  • 4 Notices: Christy's Burlesque Uncle Tom's Cabin
        Spirit of the Times   (May - June 1854)
  • [UTC as tableau vivant]
        New York Times   (23 February 1856)
    • Philadelphia Productions
  • Uncle Tom's Cabin at the National
        Sunday Dispatch   (4 September 1853)
  • Review of National Production
        Sunday Dispatch   (11 September 1853)
  • Letter from "W.G" about UTC at National
        Sunday Dispatch   (11 September 1853)
  • Uncle Tom's Cabin as a Moral Drama
        Sunday Dispatch   (18 September 1853)
  • "UTC" in Philadelphia
        The Liberator   (23 September 1853)
  • The Uncle Tom Mania
        Sunday Dispatch   (25 September 1853)
  • Uncle Tom's Cabin at the Chesnut
        Sunday Dispatch   (25 September 1853)
  • Review of Chesnut Production (Aiken)
        Sunday Dispatch   (2 October 1853)
  • National, Chesnut & Minstrel Versions
        Sunday Dispatch   (16 October 1853)
  • National & Minstrel Versions
        Sunday Dispatch   (23 October 1853)
  • At New Theatre & Two Others
        Sunday Dispatch   (30 October 1853)
  • Chesnut Closes, New Theatre Opens, Minstrel Goes On
        Sunday Dispatch   (6 November 1853)
  • Uncle Tom's Cabin Returns at the Chesnut
        Sunday Dispatch   (13 November 1853)
  • Uncle Tom's Cabin at the Chesnut
        Sunday Dispatch   (20 November 1853)
  • Uncle Tom's Cabin at the Chesnut
        Sunday Dispatch   (27 November 1853)
  • Final Performance of Uncle Tom's Cabin
        Sunday Dispatch   (1 January 1854)


    • Southern Productions
  • Theatre, Charleston
        The Liberator   (16 December 1853)
  • In New Orleans
        The Liberator   (3 March 1854)
  • In New Orleans
        The Spirit of the Times   (4 March 1854)


    • Other Productions
  • Toledo, Ohio
        The Spirit of the Times   (15 April 1854)
  • San Franciso
        The Spirit of the Times   (6 May 1854)


    • Civil War Productions
  • Winter Garden Theatre
        The New York Tribune   (26 February 1862)
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