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:
16 July 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

23 Aug 1875, 8:00 PM
24 Aug 1875, 8:00 PM
25 Aug 1875, 2:00 PM
25 Aug 1875, 8:00 PM
26 Aug 1875, 8:00 PM
27 Aug 1875, 8:00 PM
28 Aug 1875, 2:00 PM
28 Aug 1875, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Carlo Family;  Nully Pieris;  G. W. Reed [actor];  Washington Norton [minstrel];  Johnny [Ethiopian comedian] Queen;  Master [comic singer] Martin;  J. L. [dog act] Davis;  Lina Edwin;  Billy West;  Johnny Hart;  Jennie Yeamans;  George S. [Dutch songs] Knight;  Leona [trapeze] Dare;  Pat Rooney;  Stewart [gymnast] Dare;  Ida Greenfield
2)
Demon box, The; or, The $10,000 mystery
aka Mysterious box
3)
Comic songs
Participants:  Ida Greenfield
4)
Irish songs
aka Irish melodies; Popular, national, and Irish airs; Hibernian songs
Participants:  Pat Rooney
5)
Dutch songs
Participants:  George S. [Dutch songs] Knight
6)
"Old Grimes' cellar door"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Jennie Yeamans
7)
Hampton Institute students burlesque
aka Colored Hamtown students, The
8)
Jim Crow alive again
aka Jim Crow alive
Text Author: Cavanaugh
Participants:  Johnny Hart
9)
Swiss swains, The
aka Rosetta; or, The village maid ; Rosetta; or, The mountain maid ; Rosetta, the mountain maid
Composer(s): Lee
Text Author: Webster

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 21 August 1875, 166.

Names of members of the opening company.

2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 23 August 1875, 11.

“Brilliant re-opening.”

3)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 24 August 1875, 5.

“…Mr. Norton’s imitation of a prima donna and a baritone is one of the best, musically considered, that we have heard since the nights of Mrs. Wood…The re-opening is to be recorded as a gratifying and auspicious success.” 

4)
Review: New York Herald, 24 August 1875, 7.

“The first of the new faces to appear was that of Miss Ida Greenfield, a pleasant serio-comic singer…Everything passed off well and it was difficult to decide which of the artists was the favorite of the evening.”

5)
Review: New York Clipper, 04 September 1875, 182.

“The initial performance of the Fall and Winter season at the Olympic Theatre took place on Aug. 23, in the presence of a large audience…[Program listing]…Although the attendance dropped off after the first night, a good business was done during the rest of the week.”