Vokes Family

Event Information

Venue(s):
Union Square Theatre

Manager / Director:
A. M. Palmer

Conductor(s):
Henry Tissington

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
24 March 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

15 Jul 1872, 8:00 PM
16 Jul 1872, 8:00 PM
17 Jul 1872, 8:00 PM
18 Jul 1872, 8:00 PM
19 Jul 1872, 8:00 PM
20 Jul 1872, Matinee
20 Jul 1872, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Vokes Family
2)
Mischief making
Text Author: Buckstone
3)
Wrong man in the right place, A
Text Author: Oxenford

Citations

1)
Article: New York Post, 10 July 1872, 1.

Forthcoming return of the Vokes Family from Boston, where they are now performing; quote from the Boston Advertiser.

2)
Announcement: New York Post, 15 July 1872, 2.
3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 15 July 1872, 7.

“Farewell engagement in America.”

4)
Review: New York Post, 16 July 1872, 2.

“The music was unusually good. If every large orchestra in the country played as well as the half dozen musicians who accompany this troupe, we should have much less to regret ‘in our midst.’”

5)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 16 July 1872, 1.

“It is a pleasure to record the engagement of Mr. Tissington as Leader of the Band at Union Square Theater. He presided over the orchestra last evening, and his music was refreshingly simple and bright. The choice could not have fallen on a more competent and faithful artist in the especial line that Mr. Tissington represents.”

6)
Review: New York Sun, 17 July 1872, 2.

Brief; no mention of music.

7)
Review: New York Herald, 18 July 1872, 9.

Brief; no mention of music.