Humpty Dumpty

Event Information

Venue(s):
Olympic Theatre

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
20 January 2019

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

28 Dec 1868, 8:00 PM
29 Dec 1868, 8:00 PM
30 Dec 1868, 8:00 PM
31 Dec 1868, 8:00 PM
01 Jan 1869, 8:00 PM
02 Jan 1869, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

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

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 27 December 1868.
2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 28 December 1868, 5.

Humpty will continue through the holidays. School boys are especially anxious to see it.

3)
Announcement: New York Post, 28 December 1868, [2].
4)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 28 December 1868, 7.
5)
Review: New York Herald, 29 December 1868, 3.

There is no cessation in the crowds that fill the hall every night. Children relish the production. Not the least attraction of the establishment is a wood cut of Fox, which is exhibited outside the doors.

6)
Review: New York Clipper, 09 January 1869, 310, 2nd col., top.

Change of management. The 350th perf. falls on 01/18/69. “The burlesque railroad scene” is the best scene of the work. No mention of music.

7)
Review: New York Clipper, 16 January 1869, 326, 3rd col., top.

“The show has entered upon its 2nd year of its run.”