Olympic Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
Olympic Theatre

Proprietor / Lessee:
Mrs. John Wood

Manager / Director:
Mrs. John Wood

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
31 March 2011

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

11 Jan 1864, 7:45 PM
12 Jan 1864, 7:45 PM
13 Jan 1864, 7:45 PM
14 Jan 1864, 7:45 PM
15 Jan 1864, 7:45 PM
16 Jan 1864, 7:45 PM

Program Details

A Bull in a China Shop advertised as “first time in America.” R: NYC 01/23/64, p.323 contradicts that statement. Cousin Cherry – “first time.”

Performers and/or Works Performed

3)
Text Author: Spicer
Participants:  Mrs. John Wood

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 11 January 1864, 7.

2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 13 January 1864, 7.
Every evening during the week.
3)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 16 January 1864, 315.
Bull in a China Shop performed “for the first time in America.  Also, for the first time, the comedietta called ‘Cousin Cherry.’”
4)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 16 January 1864, 318.

5)
Review: New York Clipper, 23 January 1864, 323.
Long review and plot synopsis of Bull in a China Shop, but no mention of the music.  Also a brief review of Cousin Cherry.  Both receive favorable remarks.  “Mrs. John Wood produced at her beautiful temple of the drama, on the 11th inst., two of the liveliest and most pleasing pieces that have been witnessed on the New York stage for a long time. . . . ‘A Bull in a China Shop’ was first introduced to us ‘foreigners’ some years since by the renowned Charles Matthews.”