School for Scandal

Event Information

Venue(s):
Lucy Rushton's Theatre

Proprietor / Lessee:
Lucy Rushton

Manager / Director:
Lucy Rushton

Conductor(s):
Henry Tissington

Price: $.75 parquet circle; $1.50 orchestra chairs; .50 dress circle; $1 balcony seats; $10 private boxes

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
31 October 2015

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

25 Dec 1865, 7:45 PM
26 Dec 1865, 7:45 PM
27 Dec 1865, 7:45 PM
28 Dec 1865, 7:45 PM
29 Dec 1865, 7:45 PM
30 Dec 1865, 7:45 PM

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Lucy Rushton’s Theatre, orchestra;  Lucy Rushton
2)
School for scandal, The
Text Author: Sheridan
3)
Selections of popular music
aka Choice selections of popular music; American popular airs
Participants:  Lucy Rushton’s Theatre, orchestra
4)
Quadrille nach Motiven der L'Africaine, op. 299
Composer(s): Strauss
Participants:  Lucy Rushton’s Theatre, orchestra
5)
Ersten Curen, Die, op. 261
aka First flirtation; Kuren
Composer(s): Strauss
Participants:  Lucy Rushton’s Theatre, orchestra
6)
Zampa, overture
aka Introduction
Composer(s): Hérold
Participants:  Lucy Rushton’s Theatre, orchestra

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 25 December 1865, 7.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 30 December 1865, 7.

     Includes cast list.

3)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 30 December 1865.

     Includes cast list.

4)
Review: New York Clipper, 06 January 1866, 310.

     “Lucy Rushton’s theatre has not been very largely attended since the opening night, and prospects are not very encouraging for the Parsonage. Why does Miss Rushton place such faith in the criticisms (puffs) of the Herald? Because she considers each one a Bennett-diction!”