Olympic Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
Olympic Theatre

Price: $.25 family circle; $.50 dress circle; $1 reserved seat, orchestra, balcony

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
9 June 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

21 Sep 1874, 7:45 PM
22 Sep 1874, 7:45 PM
23 Sep 1874, 2:00 PM
23 Sep 1874, 7:45 PM
24 Sep 1874, 7:45 PM
25 Sep 1874, 7:45 PM
26 Sep 1874, 2:00 PM
26 Sep 1874, 7:45 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Howard Paul;  J. W. [minstrel] McAndrews;  Master Barney;  Sam [comedian] Rickey;  Bertha [vocalist] Foy;  Ida [song & dance] Foy;  George S. [Dutch songs] Knight;  Gertie Granville;  Adah [vocalist] Richmond;  Sara Montague
2)
"Bal masque, Le," [character duet]
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Bertha [vocalist] Foy;  Ida [song & dance] Foy
3)
"Old Grimes' cellar door"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Ida [song & dance] Foy
4)
"Not so bad for me"
Composer(s): Scott-Gatty
Text Author: Scott-Gatty
Participants:  Howard Paul
5)
"I am so volatile"
Composer(s): Grossmith
Text Author: Grossmith
Participants:  Howard Paul
6)
"When George the Third was king"
Composer(s): Walker
Text Author: Walker
Participants:  Howard Paul
7)
Dutch songs
Participants:  George S. [Dutch songs] Knight
8)
Ten years after; or, Keeping the pledge
Text Author: Holt
Participants:  Master Barney;  Sam [comedian] Rickey
9)
Happy Irish couple, The
aka Happy Irish pair
Participants:  Master Barney;  Sam [comedian] Rickey
10)
Orpheus and Euridice, [burlesque]
aka Trip to Hades
Participants:  Gertie Granville;  Adah [vocalist] Richmond;  Sara Montague
11)
"Carry the news to Mary," [song]
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  J. W. [minstrel] McAndrews
12)
Weston, the walker
aka Weston, the walkist; Weston vs. Judd
13)
Midnight visitor, The
14)
Great catastrophe, The
aka Cat-as-trophe; Cat as trophe; Catastrophe

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 20 September 1874, 11.
2)
Review: New York Herald, 22 September 1874, 7.

No mention of music. 

3)
Review: New York Clipper, 03 October 1874, 214.

Fresh appearances; other acts.