Sinbad the Sailor

Event Information

Venue(s):
Olympic Theatre

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
3 February 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

11 Sep 1873, Evening
12 Sep 1873, Evening
13 Sep 1873, Matinee

Program Details

“The Dancing Quakers” and “Within a mile of Edinboro town” were performed in the course of Sinbad.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Sinbad the sailor; or, The ungenial genii and the little cabin boy
Text Author: Farnie
Participants:  Lydia Thompson Burlesque Troupe;  Lydia [actress] Thompson;  William B. Cahill;  Ada [vocalist] Beaumont;  Camille [vocalist] Dubois
2)
"Dancing Quakers, The"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Lydia [actress] Thompson;  Harry [vocalist] Taylor
3)
"Within a mile of Edinboro town"
aka Edinboro town; 'Twas within a mile o' Edinburgh town
Composer(s): Hook [comp.]
Participants:  Ada [vocalist] Beaumont

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 07 September 1873, 7.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 08 September 1873, 9.

“Nursery rhymes and local hits, interspersed with charming music, solos, duets, trios, quartets and a powerful chorus.”

3)
Review: New York Post, 09 September 1873, 2.

No mention of music.

4)
Review: New-York Times, 13 September 1873, 4.

“…The old Nursey Rhymes are revived, or rather a new series of them is sung…”

5)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 15 September 1873, 2.

The burlesque’s “incidentals of lively music and pretty costumes were observed with relish and accepted with many marks of popular approbation.”

6)
Review: New York Clipper, 20 September 1873, 196.

“…The nursery rhymes were reproduced, and met with quite as much favor as when first given, the singers being recalled until they were compelled to desist from sheer exhaustion. Lydia Thompson and Henry Taylor performed a new musical duet and dance entitled ‘The Dancing Quakers,’ which met with much favor. Miss Ada Beaumont earned a well-deserved encore for her admirable and correct singing of ‘Within a Mile of Edinboro’ Town’…”