Lydia Thompson Troupe
Event Information
Venue(s):
Olympic Theatre
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
2 March 2025
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
22 Sep 1873, Evening23 Sep 1873, Evening
24 Sep 1873, Evening
24 Sep 1873, 2:00 PM
25 Sep 1873, Evening
26 Sep 1873, Evening
27 Sep 1873, Evening
27 Sep 1873, 2:00 PM
Program Details
Friday night (09/26/73) is the “farewell benefit of Miss Lydia Thompson.”
Performers and/or Works Performed
1)
4)
aka Edinboro town;
'Twas within a mile o' Edinburgh town
Composer(s): Hook [comp.]
Participants: Ada [vocalist] Beaumont
5)
aka Gendarmes' duet;
Two men-at-arms;
Pitou duet;
Marines' hymn
Composer(s): Offenbach
Participants: Laura [vocalist] Taylor; Lydia [actress] Thompson
Citations
3)
Lydia Thompson, whose engagement at the Olympic is now through, announces “her sixth and last tour of the United States. It may be the sixth, but we doubt whether it will be the last. The United States will be scoured by the Thompson burlesque troupe just as long as the fair directress of it continues to retain those charms which some of her disparagers declare already to be upon the wane.”