Led astray

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:
4 April 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

06 Dec 1873, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Led astray, [comedy]
Text Author: Boucicault
2)
Led astray, [incidental music]
Composer(s): Tissington

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 30 November 1873, 4.
2)
Review: New-York Times, 07 December 1873, 5.

Brief; no mention of music.

3)
Review: New York Sun, 08 December 1873, 3.

Long. No mention of music.

4)
Review: New York Post, 08 December 1873, 2.

Long. Difficult to read.

5)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 08 December 1873, 4.

Cast list. No mention of music.

6)
Review: New-York Times, 08 December 1873, 4.
Long review. Plot synopsis. Identifies cast members with roles.
 
“…A word of complaint to Mr. Tissington, for an abundance of suitable music prepared by him for ‘Led Astray,’ will close our review of the drama.” No further mention of music – see New York Times announcement of following day for explanation.
7)
Announcement: New-York Times, 09 December 1873, 5.

“In our notice of the play at Union Square Theatre, printed in The Times of yesterday, we were much astonished by a perusal, after publication, of the following paragraph: ‘A word of complaint to Mr. Tissington, for an abundance of suitable music prepared by him for ‘Led Astray,’ will close our review of the drama.’ It ought to have read ‘a word of compliment.”