Olympic Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
Olympic Theatre

Proprietor / Lessee:
Mrs. John Wood

Manager / Director:
Mrs. John Wood

Conductor(s):
Thomas Baker

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
29 July 2014

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

14 Dec 1863, 7:30 PM
15 Dec 1863, 7:30 PM
16 Dec 1863, 7:30 PM
17 Dec 1863, 7:30 PM
18 Dec 1863, 7:30 PM
19 Dec 1863, 7:30 PM

Program Details

First time in America of "Easy shaving."

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  William (Pleater), Sr. Davidge;  Mary Sedley [actor-voc.] Brown;  Mrs. John Wood;  Lotty Hough
2)
Ladies beware!
aka Ladies, beware
Text Author: Langford
Participants:  Mary Sedley [actor-voc.] Brown
3)
Easy shaving, "Maiden and the linnet, The"
Participants:  Mrs. John Wood
4)
Yankee legacy, The
Participants:  William (Pleater), Sr. Davidge;  Lotty Hough

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 13 December 1863.

2)
Announcement: New York Post, 14 December 1863, 2.

3)
Announcement: New-York Times, 14 December 1863, 4.

4)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 14 December 1863, 7.
“Orchestra under the direction of Thomas Baker.”
5)
Review: New York Post, 15 December 1863, 2.

“There is a new song in [Easy shaving], and very lively acting.”

6)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 16 December 1863, 7.

7)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 19 December 1863, 286.

“Wood will sing the new Ballad, ‘The Maiden and the Linnet.’”

8)
Review: New York Clipper, 26 December 1863, 291.

“‘Easy Shaving’ went off so well last week at Mrs. Wood’s Olympic, and the fair lessee did her biz. So barbarously clever, that the new sketch will be retained this week.”