Uncle Tom’s cabin

Event Information

Venue(s):
Olympic Theatre

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
22 August 2020

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

13 Sep 1869, Evening
14 Sep 1869, Evening
15 Sep 1869, Evening
16 Sep 1869, Evening
17 Sep 1869, Evening
18 Sep 1869, Matinee
18 Sep 1869, Evening

Program Details

“ALL NEW SCENERY by Jas. E. Hayes and J.A. Johnson.”

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Uncle Tom's cabin, [play]
aka Eva
Text Author: Unknown playwright
Participants:  Ida [actress] Vernon (role: Eliza);  Asa [actor, manager] Cushman (role: Uncle Tom);  Lily [actress] Vining;  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)

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 12 September 1869, 12.
2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 13 September 1869, 5.

No mention of music. Notes that the play “is proving a winning card for the management of the Olympic,” despite its many shortcomings.

3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 13 September 1869, 7.
4)
Advertisement: New-York Daily Tribune, 13 September 1869, 3.