Humpty Dumpty

Event Information

Venue(s):
Olympic Theatre

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

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

Price: Humpty Dumpty

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
11 February 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

21 Apr 1873, 8:00 PM
22 Apr 1873, 8:00 PM
23 Apr 1873, 2:00 PM
23 Apr 1873, 8:00 PM
24 Apr 1873, 8:00 PM
25 Apr 1873, 8:00 PM
26 Apr 1873, 2:00 PM
26 Apr 1873, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Nelson Family [gymnasts];  Martens Family;  Wilson Brothers [gymnasts];  Clara V. Hutchings [alto];  George Washington Lafayette Fox (role: Clown);  Charles Kemble Fox (role: Pantaloon);  James [infant violinist] Speight
2)
Humpty Dumpty
Text Author: Fox

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 20 April 1873, 11.

“First issue of the fifth edition...thoroughly reconstructed by the author.”  

2)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 22 April 1873, 8.

“A pleasing incident was the appearance of Madam Charlotte V. Winterburn, who sang several ballads, with a great deal of feeling and with delicate execution.”

3)
Review: New-York Times, 22 April 1873, 4.

“It also included a very clever demonstration of the existence of music in stones, by the Brothers Joe, and a recital of violin tunes by Master James Speight, who shows so much aptitude for the instrument that we hope he will not be trained as a prodigy only.” 

4)
Review: New York Post, 22 April 1873, 2.

Brief; no mention of music. 

5)
Review: New York Herald, 22 April 1873, 5.

No mention of music. 

6)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 26 April 1873, 30.

Forthcoming changes for the reconstructed fifth edition. 

7)
Review: New York Clipper, 03 May 1873, 38.

“Mme. Charlotte V. Winterburn sang some ballads. She has a pure contralto voice, rich and sweet in tone, and evidently highly cultivated in a good school. She may be pronounced one of the most pleasing and satisfactory vocalists that have appeared in this city during many years.”