Olympic Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
Olympic Theatre

Manager / Director:
George H. Tyler

Price: $.30 family circle; $.50 parquette & balcony; $1 reserved seat; $1.50 seat in private box

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
30 May 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

26 Jan 1874, 8:00 PM
27 Jan 1874, 8:00 PM
28 Jan 1874, 2:00 PM
28 Jan 1874, 8:00 PM
29 Jan 1874, 8:00 PM
30 Jan 1874, 8:00 PM
31 Jan 1874, 2:00 PM
31 Jan 1874, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Delehanty and Hengler [minstrels];  Jee Children;  J. W. [minstrel] McAndrews;  J. L. [dog act] Davis;  Alice [clog dancer] Somers;  Billy [banjo comedian] Carter;  James [Irish comic singer] Collins;  Martha Wren;  Kitty Brooke;  Eugene Blitz;  James [song and dance] Vincent;  Marian Requa;  Master Bonnie Runnells
2)
Life on the plains, [Buntline]
Text Author: Buntline
3)
Irish doctor, The; or, The dumb lady cured
aka Dumb lady cured
Text Author: Wood
4)
Barney's courtship
aka Emigrants, The; or, Good-bye to ould Ireland
Participants:  James [Irish comic singer] Collins;  Martha Wren
5)
Athletes of America
Text Author: Buntline
6)
American national airs
aka National melodies; National medley; national songs; National airs
Participants:  Marian Requa
7)
Pretty little Dewdrop
Participants:  Delehanty and Hengler [minstrels]
8)
Punch and Judy
9)
Dutch songs
10)
Black brigade, [sketch]
aka Colored troupes fought nobly, The

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 25 January 1874, 8.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 07 February 1874, 350.

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