Uncle Tom’s cabin

Event Information

Venue(s):
Olympic Theatre

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
25 July 2020

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

06 Sep 1869, Evening
07 Sep 1869, Evening
08 Sep 1869, Evening
08 Sep 1869, 2:00 PM
09 Sep 1869, Evening
10 Sep 1869, Evening
11 Sep 1869, Evening
11 Sep 1869, 2:00 PM

Program Details

First time of Uncle Tom’s cabin at the Olympic Theatre.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Uncle Tom's cabin, [play]
aka Eva
Text Author: Unknown playwright
Participants:  Flora [actress] Lee;  George Washington Lafayette Fox (role: Deacon Perry);  Alice [actress] Cushman (role: Eva);  Charles Kemble Fox (role: Lawyer Marks);  John B. Studley (role: Simon Legree);  Mrs. George C. Howard (role: Topsy);  John K. Mortimer (role: George Harris);  George Becks (role: Augustine St. Clare);  Mrs. T. J. [actress] Hind (role: Aunt Ophelia);  Ida [actress] Vernon (role: Eliza);  Asa [actor, manager] Cushman (role: Uncle Tom);  Lily [actress] Vining

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 04 September 1869, 174.

Lists cast and notes new scenery.

2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 05 September 1869, 11.
3)
Announcement: New York Herald, 06 September 1869, 4.

No mention of music.

4)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 06 September 1869, 7.
5)
Advertisement: New-York Daily Tribune, 06 September 1869, 6.
6)
Review: New York Herald, 07 September 1869, 10.

No mention of music. Notes that audience “was not remarkably large.”

7)
Review: New-York Times, 07 September 1869, 5.

Positive review; no mention of music.

8)
Review: New York Post, 07 September 1869, 2.

No mention of music.

9)
Review: New York Sun, 07 September 1869, 1.

No mention of music. Brief but favorable review.

10)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 09 September 1869, 4.

No mention of music. “…There was a time when to see ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ was to desire the abolition of Slavery. That time has passed. Slavery exists no longer, and the point of the drama, as an aggressive attack upon a loathsome social evil, has been blunted. To see ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ now is merely to rejoice that the curse has been removed. That, however, is something…”

11)
Review: New York Sun, 11 September 1869, 2.

No mention of music. Favorable review.

12)
Review: New York Clipper, 18 September 1869, 190.

Long review. “…judging from the manner in which it was received upon its initial performance, we cannot say that it is a success, or that it will enjoy more than a limited run… Mrs. G. C. Howard kept her audience in good humor by her extravagant performance of Topsy, dancing and singing to the evident delight of all, particularly those in the upper gallery, who testified their pleasure by continued applause.”