Uncle Tom’s cabin

Event Information

Venue(s):
Olympic Theatre

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
20 September 2020

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

27 Sep 1869, Evening
28 Sep 1869, Evening
29 Sep 1869, Evening
29 Sep 1869, 2:00 PM
30 Sep 1869, Evening
01 Oct 1869, Evening
02 Oct 1869, Evening
02 Oct 1869, 2:00 PM

Program Details

Last week of this play.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Uncle Tom's cabin, [play]
aka Eva
Text Author: Unknown playwright
Participants:  John B. Studley (role: Legree);  Mrs. George C. Howard (role: Topsy);  John K. Mortimer (role: George);  George Becks (role: Sinclair);  Ida [actress] Vernon (role: Eliza);  Asa [actor, manager] Cushman (role: Uncle Tom);  Alice [actress] Cushman (role: Eva);  George Washington Lafayette Fox (role: Deacon Perry);  Charles Kemble Fox (role: Fletcher)

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 26 September 1869, 12.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 26 September 1869, 7.
3)
Announcement: New York Herald, 27 September 1869, 7.

No mention of music; notes poor attendance.

4)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 02 October 1869, 206.

“‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ is in the last week of its production at the Olympic. The revival of this drama has not been attended with success, as the day has passed for this kind of play. Years ago it was a drama that suited the times, but not so now.”