Olympic Theatre
Event Information
Venue(s):
Olympic Theatre
Manager / Director:
George H. Tyler
Price: $1 reserved orchestra and balcony; $.50 parquet and balcony; $.30 family circle
Event Type:
Play With Music
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
25 April 2025
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
23 Dec 1873, 8:00 PM24 Dec 1873, 2:00 PM
24 Dec 1873, 8:00 PM
25 Dec 1873, 2:00 PM
25 Dec 1873, 8:00 PM
26 Dec 1873, 8:00 PM
27 Dec 1873, 2:00 PM
27 Dec 1873, 8:00 PM
Program Details
Tyler is “acting manager.”
As per the New York Herald, each “evening’s entertainment will commence with a pleasing comedietta” performed by Quinton and Vincent, but no title is given.
Performers and/or Works Performed
Citations
“…It is difficult to classify such a dramatic effort as this. It is neither a spectacle, a ballet, fair-piece, farce, opera, tragedy, or comedy, yet has some of the elements of each… [the cast’s talents] are displayed in a series of grotesque combats, gymnastic feats, songs, glees, Christmas chimes, instrumental fantasia, &c.”
“The theatre will be closed on Monday for rehearsal of Gabriel Grub.” Includes scene synopsis with titles of some songs and instrumental pieces performed.
No mention of music. Only citation to mention the performance of An object of interest.
“…Some very clever playing on the concertina and banjo is done by the Raynors, and there is a vast amount of marching and countermarching, and chorus singing and tumbling by a multitude of urchins, mostly employed in Hades, where Gabriel, after being tortured in many ways, is finally crushed by the vocal efforts of the California Quartet…” No further mention of music.
The page number at the upper left reads 810, but that is clearly a typo and should read 310. “All of the star engagements made for the Olympic Theatre have been canceled, and the entertainments hereafter will partake more of the nature of variety performances than dramatic.”
Long review with plot synopsis. Cast list. “…all lovers of acting should see the Christmas play at the Olympic Theater. They will see a medley of sentiment, humor, pantomime, and frolicsome antic…they will enjoy some capital varieties; they will hear good music; and they will derive a wholesome lesson from an amusing spectacle.”
“…There was plenty of singing, grotesque dancing, hat-spinning and performances upon a number of musical instruments, all of which had, however, been previously seen in the respective entertainments given by the Majiltons and Harry and Charles Raynor… During the week the spectacle was preceded by the farce entitled ‘An Object of Interest,’ in which James Vincent and Miss Kate Quinton made their metropolitan debut, but neither achieved pronounced success. Miss Quinton… sings well, but her selections of music were inappropriate to the character.” No further mention of music.