Olympic Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
Olympic Theatre

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

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
21 June 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

03 May 1875, 7:45 PM
04 May 1875, 7:45 PM
05 May 1875, 2:00 PM
05 May 1875, 7:45 PM
06 May 1875, 7:45 PM
07 May 1875, 7:45 PM
08 May 1875, 2:00 PM
08 May 1875, 7:45 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Wilson Brothers [gymnasts];  Allen and Lester [song and dance];  E. D. Gooding;  John [Ethiopian dancer, comic vocalist] Gilbert;  Pearl Thornton;  Marie Connelly;  Addie Farwell;  Charles [Ethiopian comedian] Worley;  Pat Rooney;  Sadie [dancer] O'Neil;  James [song and dance] Vincent;  Leona [trapeze] Dare;  George W. Howard Griffin;  Sam [minstrel tenor] Holdsworth;  Sol Smith [comedian] Russell;  William B. Cahill;  Johnny Hart;  Harry [buffo vocalist] Richards;  Master [comic singer] Martin;  G. W. Reed [actor];  Alice M. Harrison [vocal-actor]
2)
Hampton Institute students burlesque
aka Colored Hamtown students, The
3)
Comic songs
Participants:  Harry [buffo vocalist] Richards
4)
Good for nothing, The
aka Nan, the good for nothing; Nan the good for nothing ; Crazy Nan
Text Author: Buckstone

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 02 May 1875, 11.
2)
Review: New York Herald, 04 May 1875, 7.

“Together with a number of new acts last night’s performance at the Olympic was maked by the reappearance of Sol Smith Russell and Mr. Pat Rooney in new songs and favorite sketches. The Wilson Brothers, in a gymnastic performance which they call the quadruple parterre, won considerable applause, and Harry Richards, in a selection of comic songs, sustained the good impression which he met with on his first appearance. Leona Dare repeated her wonderful aerial performance. The programme last night was the strongest yet given at this house, and good honest fun, mirth and merriment, without the slightest approach to vulgarity, distinguished the whole entertainment.”