Two Orphans

Event Information

Venue(s):
Union Square Theatre

Proprietor / Lessee:
Sheridan Shook

Manager / Director:
A. M. Palmer

Conductor(s):
Henry Tissington

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
10 August 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

22 Feb 1875, 1:30 PM
22 Feb 1875, 8:00 PM
23 Feb 1875, 8:00 PM
24 Feb 1875, 8:00 PM
25 Feb 1875, 8:00 PM
26 Feb 1875, 8:00 PM
27 Feb 1875, 1:30 PM
27 Feb 1875, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Two orphans, The, [drama]
Text Author: Jackson
Participants:  Rose Eytinge;  McKee Rankin;  Charles [actor] Thorne, Jr.
2)
Two orphans, The, [incidental music]
Composer(s): Tissington

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 21 February 1875, 11.

Cast listing. 

2)
Review: New-York Times, 28 February 1875, 7.

Brief; no mention of music. 

3)
Review: New York Clipper, 06 March 1875, 390.

Brief; no mention of music. Attempt to discredit Hart Jackson of the credit due him for the translation and adaptation of the drama.