Olympic Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
Olympic Theatre

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
5 June 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

07 Sep 1874, 7:45 PM
08 Sep 1874, 7:45 PM
09 Sep 1874, 2:00 PM
09 Sep 1874, 7:45 PM
10 Sep 1874, 7:45 PM
11 Sep 1874, 7:45 PM
12 Sep 1874, 2:00 PM
12 Sep 1874, 7:45 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Reynolds Brothers;  Valdis Sisters;  A. J. Talbot;  Andrew J. Leavitt;  J. W. [minstrel] McAndrews;  Alice M. Harrison [vocal-actor];  Master Barney;  Sam [comedian] Rickey;  Joe [song and dance] Lang;  George S. [Dutch songs] Knight;  Eugene Blitz;  Sam [minstrel tenor] Holdsworth;  Sadie [dancer] O'Neil;  Billy Gray
2)
Irish landlord, The; or, A row in the barracks
Text Author: Rickey
Participants:  Master Barney;  Sam [comedian] Rickey
3)
Songs and dances
Participants:  Reynolds Brothers;  George S. [Dutch songs] Knight
4)
German songs
aka Teutonic songs
Participants:  Alice M. Harrison [vocal-actor]
5)
"Sons of harmony"
Composer(s): Stevenson
Text Author: Code
Participants:  A. J. Talbot;  J. W. [minstrel] McAndrews;  Joe [song and dance] Lang;  Billy Gray
6)
Unlucky Mr. Brown
Text Author: Unknown playwright
7)
Four lovers, The, [burlesque]
8)
Innocents abroad, The
9)
Women's rights lecture
aka Woman's rights lecture; Women's suffrage speech
Participants:  Eugene Blitz

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 06 September 1874, 4.
2)
Review: New York Herald, 08 September 1874, 7.

No mention of music. 

3)
Review: New York Clipper, 19 September 1874, 198.

“George S. Knight, who is a very capable performer of Dutch characters, created no little hilarity by his songs-and-dances.”