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:
19 July 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

30 Aug 1875, 8:00 PM
31 Aug 1875, 8:00 PM
01 Sep 1875, 2:00 PM
01 Sep 1875, 8:00 PM
02 Sep 1875, 8:00 PM
03 Sep 1875, 8:00 PM
04 Sep 1875, 2:00 PM
04 Sep 1875, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Carlo Family;  Harper and Stansil [song and dance];  George W. Howard Griffin;  Nully Pieris;  Johnny [Ethiopian comedian] Queen;  J. L. [dog act] Davis;  Lina Edwin;  Billy West;  Johnny Hart;  Jennie Yeamans;  George S. [Dutch songs] Knight;  Adah [vocalist] Richmond;  Pat Rooney;  Ida Greenfield
2)
Comic songs
Participants:  Adah [vocalist] Richmond
3)
Cupid the stupid
4)
Hampton Institute students burlesque
aka Colored Hamtown students, The
5)
Hamlet, [burlesque (Griffin)]
aka Hamlet the dainty; Hamlet in black
Text Author: Griffin
Participants:  George W. Howard Griffin
6)
Wicked Don Juan

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 29 August 1875, 5.

Cast listing for Wicked Don Juan.

2)
Review: New York Herald, 31 August 1875, 10.

“There was quite a large audience at this cosey theatre last evening, and from the time the curtain was rung up till the close of the performance every one seemed to enjoy himself and herself to their hearts’ content. The programme was a goodly one and well spiced with sketches and scenes that would have made even the Serious Family, had they been present, laugh and grow fat for a week…”

3)
Review: New York Clipper, 11 September 1875, 190.

“…Adah Richmond was heartily greeted upon her reappearance, and sang her serio-comic songs with her customary effect. Harper and Stansil, the one-legged song-and-dance men, renewed their successes of the previous season…”