After a hesitant start, this trip began well, but ended awkwardly.
The tour was to have started in February 1869, but was postponed until 3 March, due to weather conditions.
The extra weeks at home were filled in with performances and a presentation.
In April, Marriott first played Hamlet in New York and shortly afterwards at the Park Theatre, Brooklyn.
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle noted that she was received politely and appeared to be a rather traditional actress, if not old-fashioned, although she performed "intelligently and well."
On the other hand, she had "a tall commanding figure and, in this role, a fine manly bearing, and she took the part of a youthful prince to perfection ... She (had) a rich deep toned voice, and her elocution (was) admirable."


In May 1869 Alice Marriott became "seriously ill in New York, and (was) prevented from acting," then Robert Edgar "broke a blood vessel, and (was) also laid up for some time."
Following this, in June, various London newspapers received erroneous news from America that Robert Edgar had died.
A few days later, Edgar bemusedly sent his denial from the Rochester Theatre, New York, where Alice Marriott was starring in Hamlet and Jeanie Deans.
At around the same time, in June, in the middle of the tour, the South London Press had this to say: 
There was a time when, at the Surrey, she carried all before her, and gave promise of being one of our best tragic actresses of the sterner kind ... Last year she departed for America on a starring tour.
That venture, I hear with regret, was not very successful.
The Americans are capricious, and their taste has been vitiated by burlesque and sensation even to a greater extent than that of English audiences, and the reception accorded the lady was not such as her abilities deserved.

Possibly partly in response to the pending Court case against him about non-payment of beer money, Edgar returned to London in August 1869 to "open Sadler's Wells for the forthcoming winter season," while Alice Marriot remained in America, "to fulfil her engagements."
Alice returned at the beginning of September, to coincide with the reopening of the theatre.

In December of the same year, there was another Court case in London concerning a committee's non-payment to the sculptor who had been commissioned to produce a marble bust of Alice Marriott.
This bust, sculpted by Charles Bacon, was known as the Marriott Testimonial Bust.
It was given before her departure to America, as a presentation in honour of the completion of her six years of management of Sadler's Wells.
By order of the Court, the sculpture was paid for, Robert Edgar promising to contribute half the cost, but its present whereabouts is unknown.

Alice Marriott was still a working actress when she died.
After a hesitant start, this trip began well, but ended awkwardly. The tour was to have started in February 1869, but was postponed until 3 March, due to weather conditions. The extra weeks at home were filled in with performances and a presentation. In April, Marriott first played Hamlet in New York and shortly afterwards at the Park Theatre, Brooklyn. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle noted that she was received politely and appeared to be a rather traditional actress, if not old-fashioned, although she performed "intelligently and well." On the other hand, she had "a tall commanding figure and, in this role, a fine manly bearing, and she took the part of a youthful prince to perfection ... She (had) a rich deep toned voice, and her elocution (was) admirable."

In May 1869 Alice Marriott became "seriously ill in New York, and (was) prevented from acting," then Robert Edgar "broke a blood vessel, and (was) also laid up for some time." Following this, in June, various London newspapers received erroneous news from America that Robert Edgar had died. A few days later, Edgar bemusedly sent his denial from the Rochester Theatre, New York, where Alice Marriott was starring in Hamlet and Jeanie Deans. At around the same time, in June, in the middle of the tour, the South London Press had this to say: 
There was a time when, at the Surrey, she carried all before her, and gave promise of being one of our best tragic actresses of the sterner kind ... Last year she departed for America on a starring tour. That venture, I hear with regret, was not very successful. The Americans are capricious, and their taste has been vitiated by burlesque and sensation even to a greater extent than that of English audiences, and the reception accorded the lady was not such as her abilities deserved.
Possibly partly in response to the pending Court case against him about non-payment of beer money, Edgar returned to London in August 1869 to "open Sadler's Wells for the forthcoming winter season," while Alice Marriot remained in America, "to fulfil her engagements." Alice returned at the beginning of September, to coincide with the reopening of the theatre.
In December of the same year, there was another Court case in London concerning a committee's non-payment to the sculptor who had been commissioned to produce a marble bust of Alice Marriott. This bust, sculpted by Charles Bacon, was known as the Marriott Testimonial Bust. It was given before her departure to America, as a presentation in honour of the completion of her six years of management of Sadler's Wells. By order of the Court, the sculpture was paid for, Robert Edgar promising to contribute half the cost, but its present whereabouts is unknown.
Alice Marriott was still a working actress when she died.
Alice Marriott (actress)