Olympic Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
Olympic Theatre

Manager / Director:
Samuel Colville

Conductor(s):
Joseph [conductor] Braham

Price: $.75

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
16 March 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

15 Jul 1872, 8:00 PM
16 Jul 1872, 8:00 PM
17 Jul 1872, 2:00 PM
17 Jul 1872, 8:00 PM
18 Jul 1872, 8:00 PM
19 Jul 1872, 8:00 PM
20 Jul 1872, 2:00 PM
20 Jul 1872, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

2)
aka Wanted, 1,000 milliners; One thousand milliners
Text Author: Coyne
3)
aka Emigrants, The; or, Good-bye to ould Ireland

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 14 July 1872, 7.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 16 July 1872, 2.

Timetable of the evening’s performance. 

3)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 16 July 1872, 1.

No mention of music.

4)
Review: New York Sun, 17 July 1872, 2.

No mention of music.

5)
Review: New-York Times, 17 July 1872, 5.

No mention of music.

6)
Review: New York Herald, 18 July 1872, 9.

Brief; no mention of music.

7)
Review: New York Clipper, 27 July 1872, 134.

No mention of music.

8)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 03 August 1872, 142.

“M’lle. Geraldine, who fell while performing the ‘Lulu Sensation’ at the Olympic Theatre, on the evening of July 19th, fractured the cap of the knee joint, and it is extremely improbably that she will ever be able to perform again.”

9)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 10 August 1872, 150.

Mlle. Geraldine’s injuries less serious than at first supposed; prediction that she will soon return to performing.