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:
14 December 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

02 Nov 1874, 7:45 PM
03 Nov 1874, 7:45 PM
04 Nov 1874, 2:00 PM
04 Nov 1874, 7:45 PM
05 Nov 1874, 7:45 PM
06 Nov 1874, 7:45 PM
07 Nov 1874, 2:00 PM
07 Nov 1874, 7:45 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Faust Family;  Andrew J. Leavitt;  Alice M. Harrison [vocal-actor];  Master Barney;  Gus [comic singer] Williams;  Sam [comedian] Rickey;  J. H. [minstrel] O'Neil;  Rosa [vocalist] Lee;  Sadie [dancer] O'Neil;  Carlotta [soprano] Banks;  E. W. [baritone] Warden;  Emma [vocalist] Hoffman
2)
Living fountain; or, The bath of the innocents
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)
Banjo solos
Participants:  Andrew J. Leavitt
5)
Jig
Participants:  Sadie [dancer] O'Neil
6)
Essence of old Virginny
aka Essence of old Virginia; Essence of ol' Virginny; Essence of ole Virginia; Quint essence of Old Virginny; Quaint essence of Old Virginny; Quintessence of Old Virginny; Essence of Old Birginia
Participants:  J. H. [minstrel] O'Neil
7)
Intelligence office, The
8)
Casey the piper
9)
Happy family, The
10)
Dutch songs
Participants:  Gus [comic singer] Williams

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 01 November 1874, 11.

“100 artists in opera, farce, sketch, song and dance every evening.”

2)
Review: New-York Times, 03 November 1874, 5.

No mention of music. 

3)
Review: New York Sun, 05 November 1874, 3.

“’Genevieve de Brabant, or the Wonderful Pie,’ is now presented with much vivacity and spirit at the Olympic Theatre in an English dress. All indelicacies are eliminated in this version, while some new and Anglo-Saxon wit is introduced. The performers who take part in it are competent, some of them unusually good [see cast listing above]. The scene in which the gens d’armes sing their famous duet is made irresistibly ludicrous. The political or local hits are greatly enjoyed by the auditory. Altogether it is a very merry entertainment, which occupies the first half of an evening…”

4)
Review: New York Clipper, 14 November 1874, 262.

“…Miss Emma Hoffman, a fresh appearance, sang ballads, meeting with only fair success. She has a pretty face and a good stage appearance, but needs study and practice to attain the position to which she aspires…”