Olympic Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
Olympic Theatre

Manager / Director:
John F. [1833-93] Poole

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

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
28 October 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

14 Dec 1874, 7:45 PM
15 Dec 1874, 7:45 PM
16 Dec 1874, 2:00 PM
16 Dec 1874, 7:45 PM
17 Dec 1874, 7:45 PM
18 Dec 1874, 7:45 PM
19 Dec 1874, 2:00 PM
19 Dec 1874, 7:45 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Sanford and Wilson;  Niles and Evans [song and dance];  Alice M. Harrison [vocal-actor];  Master Barney;  Gus [comic singer] Williams;  William B. Cahill;  Sam [comedian] Rickey;  Sol Smith [comedian] Russell;  Tom Granger;  Andy [Irish vocalist] Hughes;  Annie [Irish vocalist] Hughes;  Billy Courtright;  Lynton Graham;  Emma [serio-comic vocalist] Day;  Fred [comedian, musician] Wilson
2)
Black and tan crook, The
Text Author: Poole
3)
Strike on the boulevard, A
Participants:  Master Barney;  Sam [comedian] Rickey
4)
Awkward squad, The
Participants:  Master Barney;  Sam [comedian] Rickey
5)
Taking the pledge
Participants:  Master Barney;  Sam [comedian] Rickey
6)
Grecian statues
aka Grecian statue
Participants:  Fred [comedian, musician] Wilson
7)
Fritz's goodbye
Participants:  Niles and Evans [song and dance]
8)
Clog dance
aka Clog reel
Participants:  Annie [Irish vocalist] Hughes
9)
Concertina solo
Participants:  Lynton Graham
10)
Musical mokes, The
Participants:  Sanford and Wilson
11)
Dutch songs
Participants:  Gus [comic singer] Williams

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 13 December 1874, 11.
2)
Review: New York Herald, 15 December 1874, 3.

No mention of music. 

3)
Review: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 16 December 1874, 5.

No mention of music. 

4)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 17 December 1874, 2.

Brief; no mention of music. 

5)
Review: New York Clipper, 26 December 1874, 310.

First appeareances and elaboration of the program; “fair average attendance.”