Humpty Dumpty

Event Information

Venue(s):
Olympic Theatre

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
24 May 2019

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

29 Mar 1869, 8:00 PM
30 Mar 1869, 8:00 PM
31 Mar 1869, Matinee
31 Mar 1869, 8:00 PM
01 Apr 1869, 8:00 PM
02 Apr 1869, 8:00 PM
03 Apr 1869, Matinee
03 Apr 1869, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Humpty Dumpty
Text Author: Fox
Participants:  George Washington Lafayette Fox (role: Humpty Dumpty);  Charles Kemble Fox (role: Pantaloon);  Rita Sangalli

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 29 March 1869.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 29 March 1869, 7.
3)
Announcement: New-York Times, 29 March 1869, 5.

“The four hundred and twenty-eighth performance of ‘Humpty Dumpty’ will take place at the Olympic Theatre to-night. The receipts of the Olympic for the month of February were $25,000—sign enough that pantomime holds its own amid the most legitimate entertainments of the time.”