Olympic Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
Olympic Theatre

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
6 April 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

04 May 1874, 8:00 PM
05 May 1874, 8:00 PM
06 May 1874, 2:00 PM
06 May 1874, 8:00 PM
07 May 1874, 8:00 PM
08 May 1874, 8:00 PM
09 May 1874, 2:00 PM
09 May 1874, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Worrell Sisters;  Sheridan and Mack [clog dancers];  Raynor Brothers;  S. [zither player] Gerb'l;  William H. [tenor] Tilla;  Eugene Blitz;  M. [zither player] Sand;  Minnie [vocalist] Rolland;  Charles [acrobat] Seamon
2)
Ernani, [burlesque]
Participants:  Worrell Sisters
3)
Punch and Judy
Participants:  Eugene Blitz
4)
Kiss in the dark, A
Text Author: Buckstone
5)
Playing hookey
6)
Ireland versus Africa
aka Ireland vs. Africa
7)
Zither duet
Participants:  S. [zither player] Gerb'l;  M. [zither player] Sand
8)
Jig
Participants:  Charles [acrobat] Seamon
9)
Perplexing predicament, The
10)
Opera selections, unidentified
Participants:  William H. [tenor] Tilla

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 03 May 1874, 11.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 16 May 1874, 54.

“Miss Rolland is a pleasing vocalist, and her serio-comic songs met with a fair degree of favor. Messrs. Gerbl and Sand performed a potpourri upon two zithers, evincing considerable skill and musical knowledge, although the instruments have hardly sufficient volume of sound for so large an auditorium.”