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:
26 October 2025
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
01 Mar 1875, 7:45 PM02 Mar 1875, 7:45 PM
03 Mar 1875, 2:00 PM
03 Mar 1875, 7:45 PM
04 Mar 1875, 7:45 PM
05 Mar 1875, 7:45 PM
06 Mar 1875, 2:00 PM
06 Mar 1875, 7:45 PM
Performers and/or Works Performed
Citations
“An uninteresting bill at this house under the present régime seems to be an impossibility. The very best elements of the variety boards are carefully garnered up, and frequently the management makes requisition beyond what might be regarded as his legitimate field. Many stray stars from more ambitious lines on the stage find themselves face to face with the Olympic public, attracted thither by the very superior class of people that patronize this admirably managed house. Of the immense company that appeared last night there were two notable favorites, Messrs. Gus Williams and Sol Smith Russell, whose talents as comedians are of the most pronounced order. The Dutch delineations of character as presented by Gus Williams are the very best of their kind to be found on the American boards, and certainly Sol Smith Russell is inimitable in his specialties. The performance closed with a very laughable male ballet by the ‘1,900 ballet troupe,’ in which the première danseuse weighed over 300 pounds.”