Humpty Dumpty

Event Information

Venue(s):
Olympic Theatre

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
21 May 2018

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

28 Sep 1868, 8:00 PM
29 Sep 1868, 8:00 PM
30 Sep 1868, 8:00 PM
01 Oct 1868, 8:00 PM
02 Oct 1868, 8:00 PM
03 Oct 1868, 1:30 PM
03 Oct 1868, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Text Author: Fox
Participants:  George Washington Lafayette Fox (role: Clown);  Rita Sangalli

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 27 September 1868.

Includes quotation from the New York Times: “No more innocent or entertaining performance has been given since this generation was young.”

2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 28 September 1868, 4.

“At the Olympic, Humpty Dumpty, reconstructed and mute at his stupendous success, continues upon the bills, and this fact, together with the nightly announcement of ‘standing room only,’ is a sufficient proof of his popularity and success.”

3)
Announcement: New-York Times, 28 September 1868, 7.
4)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 28 September 1868, 9.
5)
Announcement: New York Post, 30 September 1868, 2.