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:
31 July 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

08 Feb 1875, 7:45 PM
09 Feb 1875, 7:45 PM
10 Feb 1875, 2:00 PM
10 Feb 1875, 7:45 PM
11 Feb 1875, 7:45 PM
12 Feb 1875, 7:45 PM
13 Feb 1875, 2:00 PM
13 Feb 1875, 7:45 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Courtright and Gilbert [dancers];  Sanford and Wilson;  Sam S. [Ethiopian comedian] Purdy;  Jennie Engel;  Alice M. Harrison [vocal-actor];  G. W. Reed [actor];  Gus [comic singer] Williams;  Johnny Hart;  William B. Cahill;  Sol Smith [comedian] Russell;  E. D. Gooding;  Petite Pauline, La ;  Billy Gray;  John [Ethiopian comedian] Williams
2)
Comic songs
Participants:  Jennie Engel
3)
Clog dances
4)
Dutch songs
Participants:  Gus [comic singer] Williams
5)
Dinkelspiel
aka Dinkelspiel’s blunders
6)
Black dwarf, The
aka African dwarf; African dwarf Tommy
Participants:  Johnny Hart
7)
Women's rights lecture
aka Woman's rights lecture; Women's suffrage speech
Participants:  Sol Smith [comedian] Russell
8)
Commissionaires, The
9)
Hampton Institute students burlesque
aka Colored Hamtown students, The
10)
Mysterious stranger, The, [sketch]
11)
Where is he?

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 07 February 1875, 11.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 20 February 1875, 374.

New attractions since last week; “Attendance moderate.”