Humpty Dumpty

Event Information

Venue(s):
Olympic Theatre

Proprietor / Lessee:
James E. [manager, proprietor] Hayes

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
31 August 2018

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

03 Aug 1868, 8:00 PM
04 Aug 1868, 8:00 PM
05 Aug 1868, 8:00 PM
06 Aug 1868, 8:00 PM
07 Aug 1868, 8:00 PM
08 Aug 1868, 1:30 PM
08 Aug 1868, 8:00 PM

Program Details

Humpty Dumpty includes the Austins’s zouave drill.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Humpty Dumpty
Text Author: Fox
Participants:  Lafayette F. Harrison;  Charles Austin;  Carrie Austin;  Rita Sangalli
2)
Zouave drill
aka Lightening Zouave drill
Participants:  Charles Austin;  Carrie Austin

Citations

1)
Announcement: New-York Times, 03 August 1868, 4.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 03 August 1868, 7.
3)
Review: New York Post, 06 August 1868, 2.

The success of “Barbe Bleue” at nearby Niblo’s contributes to the popularity of Humpty Dumpty.  “So well-balanced a combination of pantomime, music, and the ballet has never before been produced here; and the management do not allow any part of the performance to flag. The coolness of the theatre, largely aided by its artificial ventilation, is an additional reason for its popularity.”

4)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 08 August 1868, 143.
5)
Review: New-York Times, 09 August 1868, 5.

Part of longer article on rain impacting theater attendance. “‘Humpty Dumpty’ did the best he could at the Olympic, considering the general moisture of everything.”

6)
Review: New York Clipper, 15 August 1868, 150.

“‘Humpty Dumpty’ continues to attract excellent audiences to the Olympic Theatre. As the nights grow cooler the attendance becomes much better, and this successful pantomime bids fair to run up to November, the commencement of the fall and winter season.”