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:
28 December 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

30 Nov 1874, 7:45 PM
01 Dec 1874, 7:45 PM
02 Dec 1874, 2:00 PM
02 Dec 1874, 7:45 PM
03 Dec 1874, 7:45 PM
04 Dec 1874, 7:45 PM
05 Dec 1874, 2:00 PM
05 Dec 1874, 7:45 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Sanford and Wilson;  Nully Pieris;  Alice M. Harrison [vocal-actor];  Alice [clog dancer] Somers;  Gus [comic singer] Williams;  William B. Cahill;  Sam [comedian] Rickey;  Sol Smith [comedian] Russell;  Tom Granger;  Billy Courtright;  Emma [serio-comic vocalist] Day
2)
Black and tan crook, The
Text Author: Poole
3)
Women's rights in 1874
Participants:  Sol Smith [comedian] Russell
4)
Irish fortune hunter, The; or, Life in the seventeenth ward
Text Author: Cahill
5)
How do you do, Aunt Susie?, [sketch]
Participants:  Sanford and Wilson
6)
Comic songs
Participants:  Nully Pieris;  Emma [serio-comic vocalist] Day
7)
"Song of the flags, The"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Nully Pieris
8)
Songs and dances
Participants:  Alice [clog dancer] Somers
9)
Any wood to saw?
Participants:  Billy Courtright
10)
Pizarro, [burlesque]
Participants:  Sanford and Wilson
11)
Dutch songs
Participants:  Gus [comic singer] Williams

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 29 November 1874, 4.

Cast listings for The Irish fortune hunter and Black and tan crook.

2)
Review: New-York Times, 02 December 1874, 4.

No mention of music. 

3)
Review: New York Clipper, 12 December 1874, 292.

Program changes from last week.