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:
31 October 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

21 Dec 1874, 8:00 PM
22 Dec 1874, 8:00 PM
23 Dec 1874, 8:00 PM
24 Dec 1874, 8:00 PM
25 Dec 1874, Matinee
25 Dec 1874, 8:00 PM
26 Dec 1874, Matinee
26 Dec 1874, 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)
Announcement: New York Post, 17 December 1874, 2.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 20 December 1874, 11.

Cast list and scene synopsis.

3)
Review: New-York Times, 22 December 1874, 4.

Brief; no mention of music. 

4)
Review: New York Post, 22 December 1874, 2.

No mention of music. 

5)
Review: New-York Times, 23 December 1874, 4.

No mention of music. 

6)
Review: New York Sun, 23 December 1874, 2.

No mention of music. 

7)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 24 December 1874, 4.

Brief; no mention of music. 

8)
Review: New-York Times, 27 December 1874, 7.

No mention of music. 

9)
Review: New York Clipper, 02 January 1875, 318.

No mention of music; cast list.