Olympic Theatre
Event Information
Venue(s):
Olympic Theatre
Price: $1 reserved; $.50; $.25 family circle
Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
23 June 2025
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
12 Oct 1874, 7:45 PM13 Oct 1874, 7:45 PM
14 Oct 1874, 2:00 PM
14 Oct 1874, 7:45 PM
15 Oct 1874, 7:45 PM
16 Oct 1874, 7:45 PM
17 Oct 1874, 2:00 PM
17 Oct 1874, 7:45 PM
Performers and/or Works Performed
1)
Participants: Delehanty and Hengler [minstrels]; Tierney and Cronin [song and dance]; Louise Billon's Ballet Troupe; Isabella Montejo’s Castillian Beauties; Andrew J. Leavitt; Alice M. Harrison [vocal-actor]; Master Barney; Sam [comedian] Rickey; George S. [Dutch songs] Knight; Eugene Blitz; Gertie Granville
2)
Participants: Isabella Montejo’s Castillian Beauties
Citations
2)
“The closing piece of the evening was the burlesque of ‘Lucretia Borgia.’ For an extravaganza, it was most extravagantly stupid, both in acting and in construction. To be at all successful burlesque should have the merit of brightness; its jokes should be fresh, the business new and the acting good. None of these does this piece possess. Miss Harrison as Gennaro was as bad as was Miss Montague as Orsini, and the rest of the company were about on the same level. It was painful at times to listen to the singing. If burlesque is to be given at all let it be given good or not at all.”