Hamlet burlesque

Event Information

Venue(s):
Olympic Theatre

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

Manager / Director:
James E. [manager, proprietor] Hayes

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
14 November 2021

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

14 Mar 1870, 8:00 PM
15 Mar 1870, 8:00 PM
16 Mar 1870, 2:00 PM
16 Mar 1870, 8:00 PM
17 Mar 1870, 8:00 PM
18 Mar 1870, 8:00 PM
19 Mar 1870, 2:00 PM
19 Mar 1870, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Hamlet, [burlesque (DeLeon)]
Text Author: DeLeon
Participants:  George Washington Lafayette Fox (role: Hamlet)

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 13 March 1870, 7.
2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 14 March 1870, 7.
3)
Announcement: New York Herald, 21 March 1870, 7.

“Crowded houses attest the popularity of this dainty tidbit of comedy, which must satisfy any theatrical epicure.”

4)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 21 March 1870, 2.

No mention of music.

5)
Review: New York Clipper, 26 March 1870, 406.

Fox’s doleful display of the hallucinations of the erratic Mr. Hamlet.