Wee Willie Winkie

Event Information

Venue(s):
Olympic Theatre

Conductor(s):
F. [conductor] Strebinger

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
30 August 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

16 Jan 1871, Evening
17 Jan 1871, Evening
18 Jan 1871, Evening
18 Jan 1871, 2:00 PM
19 Jan 1871, Evening
19 Jan 1871, 1:30 PM
20 Jan 1871, Evening
21 Jan 1871, Evening
21 Jan 1871, 2:00 PM

Program Details

George Holland Testimonial at the Thursday matinee. (See separate event entry of 01/19/71: Announcement of George Holland Testimonials.)

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Wee Willie Winkie
Participants:  George Washington Lafayette Fox (role: Wee Willie Winkie)

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 15 January 1871, 7.
2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 16 January 1871, 8.

“There is a quiet but nevertheless determined contest going on between the Olympic and Niblo’s. The ‘Black Crook’ drew off a deal of ‘Wee Willie Winkie’s’ friends in the beginning, but crowded houses at the former are becoming less and Fox is getting back all the seceders slowly but surely. Harry Palmer is looking after his reserves, and threatens to advance a battery of new scenery and extra lights on the imperturbable clown, who pursues the even tenor of his way and grins with a chalked face at the tinsel and legs of his competitor. Hayes backs his two transformations against the one in the ‘Crook,’ and swears that he will have ere a month a pack of property hounds on the stage as a foil to Zimmerman’s dog.”

3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 17 January 1871, 7.

For Thursday's Holland benefit.

4)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 18 January 1871, 8.

"The vitality of [Fox's] personation is really marvelous."

5)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 28 January 1871, 342.

Slight improvement in business, which had suffered considerably because of competition from the “Black Crook” at Niblo’s.