Olympic Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
Olympic Theatre

Manager / Director:
John F. [1833-93] Poole

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

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
18 June 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

18 Jan 1875, 7:45 PM
19 Jan 1875, 7:45 PM
20 Jan 1875, 2:00 PM
20 Jan 1875, 7:45 PM
21 Jan 1875, 7:45 PM
22 Jan 1875, 7:45 PM
23 Jan 1875, 2:00 PM
23 Jan 1875, 7:45 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Courtright and Gilbert [dancers];  Garnella Brothers;  May and Porter [banjo duettists];  Alice M. Harrison [vocal-actor];  G. W. Reed [actor];  Gus [comic singer] Williams;  William B. Cahill;  Sol Smith [comedian] Russell;  Sam [minstrel tenor] Holdsworth;  E. D. Gooding;  James [song and dance] Vincent;  Sadie [dancer] O'Neil;  Frank Donaldson;  Billy Gray;  Willis Pickerts
2)
Guido’s pet; or, The sensible ape
Participants:  Frank Donaldson
3)
Southern homes
aka Sunny southern home; Our southern home
Participants:  Courtright and Gilbert [dancers]
4)
Clog dance
aka Clog reel
Participants:  Willis Pickerts
5)
Banjo duets
Participants:  May and Porter [banjo duettists]
6)
Acrobatic act
Participants:  Garnella Brothers
7)
Elocution
8)
Street scenes in Washington
9)
Dutch songs
Participants:  Gus [comic singer] Williams

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 17 January 1875, 16.
2)
Review: New York Herald, 19 January 1875, 3.

Brief; no mention of music. 

3)
Review: New York Clipper, 30 January 1875, 350.

“…May and Porter in their banjo duets fully sustained the good opinion we have hitherto expressed of them…”