Fidelia

Event Information

Venue(s):
Olympic Theatre

Manager / Director:
George H. Tyler

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
27 February 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

16 Jun 1873, 8:00 PM
17 Jun 1873, 8:00 PM
18 Jun 1873, 2:00 PM
18 Jun 1873, 8:00 PM
19 Jun 1873, 8:00 PM
20 Jun 1873, 8:00 PM
21 Jun 1873, 2:00 PM
21 Jun 1873, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Fidelia, the fire waif
Text Author: Unknown playwright
Participants:  Little Nell

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 15 June 1873, 7.
2)
Review: New-York Times, 17 June 1873, 4.

No mention of music. 

3)
Review: New York Post, 17 June 1873, 2.

No mention of music; cast listing. 

4)
Review: New York Herald, 17 June 1873, 6.

Brief; no mention of music. 

5)
Review: New York Sun, 18 June 1873, 2.

“With Little Nell’s singing and dancing, it [Fidelia] will probably continue fairly attractive for some time to those who care for sight and sound rather than sense.”  

6)
Review: New York Clipper, 21 June 1873, 102.

“She [Little Nell] acts with considerable dash and spirit, but it is the performance of her banjo solos and dances that give the most satisfaction. Her singing met with a fair degree of favor, but her voice has that shrillness peculiar to childhood.”

7)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 21 June 1873, 2.

No mention of music; cast listing.