Virginius Massacre Widows and Orphans Benefit

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Manager / Director:
Mrs. Sheridan Shook

Conductor(s):
Henry Tissington

Price: $2 reserved; $1

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
16 April 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

20 Dec 1873, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Amateur Dramatic Association
2)
Hunchback, The, [play]
Text Author: Knowles
3)
Quiet family, A, [farce]
Text Author: Suter

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 14 December 1873, 4.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 18 December 1873, 7.
3)
Review: New York Sun, 22 December 1873, 2.

“…the music [was] well chosen, and performed by a first-class orchestra under the direction of Tissington.”