Arrah na Pogue

Event Information

Venue(s):
Niblo's Garden

Proprietor / Lessee:
Henry C. Jarrett
Henry Palmer

Manager / Director:
Henry C. Jarrett
Henry Palmer

Conductor(s):
Giuseppe Operti

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
4 April 2020

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

23 Aug 1869, 8:00 PM
24 Aug 1869, 8:00 PM
25 Aug 1869, 8:00 PM
26 Aug 1869, 8:00 PM
27 Aug 1869, 8:00 PM
28 Aug 1869, 2:00 PM
28 Aug 1869, 8:00 PM

Program Details

First and only matinee on Saturday.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Arrah-na-pogue; or, The Wicklow wedding
aka Wicklow wedding; Arrah na pogue; Arrah of the kiss
Text Author: Boucicault, House [composer-dramatist]
Participants:  Dan Bryant (role: Shaun the Post);  Rose Eytinge (role: Arrah na Pogue);  Josephine [actress] Fiddes (role: Fanny Powers);  Dominick [actor, playwright] Murray (role: Michael Feeney)
2)
Arrah-na-pogue; or, The Wicklow wedding, [incidental music]
Composer(s): Operti

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 23 August 1869.
2)
Review: New York Sun, 23 August 1869, 2.

“The music at this theatre is very good—the sentimental portions especially so.”

3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 23 August 1869, 7.
4)
Announcement: New York Post, 27 August 1869, 2.

The only Saturday matinee to be given for this work.

5)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 28 August 1869, 166, 3d col., middle.

“The revival of ‘Arrah Na Pogue’ has not been a success, the attendance not warranting us to say that more than the current expenses have been met.”