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:
Opera, Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
17 December 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

09 Nov 1874, 7:45 PM
10 Nov 1874, 7:45 PM
11 Nov 1874, 2:00 PM
11 Nov 1874, 7:45 PM
12 Nov 1874, 7:45 PM
13 Nov 1874, 7:45 PM
14 Nov 1874, 2:00 PM
14 Nov 1874, 7:45 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Tierney and Cronin [song and dance];  Isabella Montejo's Castillian Beauties;  Faust Family;  Nully Pieris;  Master Barney;  Gus [comic singer] Williams;  George [athlete, pantomimist] Derious;  Sam [comedian] Rickey;  Joe [song and dance] Lang;  William Scanlan
2)
Living fountain; or, The bath of the innocents
Participants:  Isabella Montejo's Castillian Beauties
3)
Dutch songs
Participants:  Gus [comic singer] Williams
4)
Irish songs
aka Irish melodies; Popular, national, and Irish airs; Hibernian songs
Participants:  William Scanlan
5)
Meddlesome monkey, The
aka Medalsome monkey
Participants:  George [athlete, pantomimist] Derious
6)
Divorce, [burlesque]
7)
Great catastrophe, The
aka Cat-as-trophe; Cat as trophe; Catastrophe
8)
Warm Spring indians
9)
Double song and dance
Participants:  Tierney and Cronin [song and dance]
10)
Dutch songs
Participants:  Gus [comic singer] Williams
11)
Jig
Participants:  Master Barney

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 08 November 1874, 11.

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

2)
Review: New York Herald, 10 November 1874, 7.

No mention of music. 

3)
Review: New-York Times, 11 November 1874, 4.

“A large audience attended the Olympic Theatre last evening and evidently enjoyed the performance there to be witnessed…”

4)
Review: New York Clipper, 21 November 1874, 290.

Program changes from last week.