Olympic Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
Olympic Theatre

Price: $.25 family circle; $.50 dress circle; $1 reserved seat, orchestra, balcony

Event Type:
Opera, Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
1 October 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

26 Oct 1874, 7:45 PM
27 Oct 1874, 7:45 PM
28 Oct 1874, 2:00 PM
28 Oct 1874, 7:45 PM
29 Oct 1874, 7:45 PM
30 Oct 1874, 7:45 PM
31 Oct 1874, 2:00 PM
31 Oct 1874, 7:45 PM

Program Details

Lee replaced Banks as Drogan in Genevieve de Brabant on Friday.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Carlo Brothers;  Tierney and Cronin [song and dance];  Isabella Montejo's Castillian Beauties;  Andrew J. Leavitt;  J. W. [minstrel] McAndrews;  Alice M. Harrison [vocal-actor];  Master Barney;  Gus [comic singer] Williams;  Sam [comedian] Rickey;  Eugene Blitz;  Rosa [vocalist] Lee;  Sara Montague;  Carlotta [soprano] Banks;  E. W. [baritone] Warden
2)
Living fountain; or, The bath of the innocents
Participants:  Isabel Cubas dance troupe
3)
Genevieve de Brabant; or, The wonderful pie, [English version of Offenbach's opera bouffe]
Participants:  Alice M. Harrison [vocal-actor] (role: Geneviève);  Rosa [vocalist] Lee (role: Drogan);  Carlotta [soprano] Banks (role: Drogan);  E. W. [baritone] Warden (role: Golo)
4)
Double jig
Participants:  Tierney and Cronin [song and dance]
5)
All hallow eve; or, Rody O'Conner
aka Snapple-apple night; Snap apple night
Text Author: Coyne
Participants:  Master Barney;  Sam [comedian] Rickey
6)
"Ten pin Johnny"
aka Tenpin Johnny
Participants:  Andrew J. Leavitt;  J. W. [minstrel] McAndrews
7)
Dutch songs
Participants:  Gus [comic singer] Williams
8)
Miserables, Les; or, Old times rocks, [burlesque]
aka Seedy musicians; Old time's rocks; Old times' rocks; Old times rock
9)
Ole Bull in a tight place
aka Ole Bull in a fix
10)
Serious family, The, [burlesque]

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 25 October 1874, 11.

“100 artists in song, dance, and farce.”

2)
Review: New York Herald, 28 October 1874, 7.

“The bill at this house has been considerably improved by alteration effected in the English version of Offenbach’s opéra bouffe, ‘Geneviève de Brabant; or, the Wonderful Pie.’ There is some difficulty in acclimatizing this sparkling and joyous class of entertainment among English-speaking peoples, but, all things considered, the Olympic company has succeeded in presenting the amusing feature of this burlesque in a manner to deserve approval. The chief rôles are well filled. Miss Alice Harrison, as Geneviève, is bright and intelligent, sings and acts well, with more chic than we generally find with English actresses. The music is peculiarly sparkling, and is rendered with very good effect. The singing of Mr. Warden in the rôle of Golo is deserving of special mention…”

3)
Review: New York Clipper, 07 November 1874, 254.

“…On Friday evening Miss Rosa Lee replaced Miss Carlotta Banks in the role of Drogan in the opera of ‘Genevieve de Brabant,’ singing that character with much dash and abandon…”