Geneva Cross

Event Information

Venue(s):
Union Square Theatre

Proprietor / Lessee:
Sheridan Shook

Manager / Director:
A. M. Palmer

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
24 March 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

27 Oct 1873, 8:00 PM
28 Oct 1873, 8:00 PM
29 Oct 1873, 8:00 PM
30 Oct 1873, 8:00 PM
31 Oct 1873, 8:00 PM
01 Nov 1873, 1:30 PM
01 Nov 1873, 8:00 PM

Program Details

General Sherman attended the performance on Monday evening and “Hail to the chief” was played in his honor.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Geneva cross, The, [drama]
Text Author: Rowe
Participants:  Rose Eytinge;  Eliza Weathersby;  Emily [actress] Mestayer;  Charles [actor] Thorne, Jr.;  F. F. Mackay;  John Parselle
2)
Geneva cross, The, [incidental music]
Composer(s): Tissington
3)
"Hail to the chief"
Composer(s): Sanderson

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 26 October 1873, 13.

Full cast list.

2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 27 October 1873, 7.
3)
Review: New York Herald, 29 October 1873, 6.

Brief. “General Sherman visited the Union Square Theatre last night. The band played ‘Hail to the Chief’ in his honor, and the entire audience rose and greeted him with three hearty cheers[.]”