Olympic Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
Olympic Theatre

Proprietor / Lessee:
Mrs. John Wood

Manager / Director:
Mrs. John Wood

Conductor(s):
Thomas Baker

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
23 July 2014

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

07 Dec 1863, 7:45 PM
08 Dec 1863, 7:45 PM
09 Dec 1863, 7:45 PM
10 Dec 1863, 7:45 PM
11 Dec 1863, 7:45 PM
12 Dec 1863, 7:45 PM

Program Details

Cast includes others.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  William (Pleater), Sr. Davidge;  Mary Sedley [actor-voc.] Brown;  George W. Jamieson;  Lotty Hough
2)
As You Sow So Must You Reap
Text Author: Jamieson
3)
Poor Pillicoddy
Text Author: Morton
Participants:  William (Pleater), Sr. Davidge;  Lotty Hough

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 06 December 1863.
Includes complete cast of actors.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 07 December 1863, 7.
“The orchestra, under the direction of Thomas Baker, will perform a new and varied selection of music. . . . Overture will commence at 7 ¾ o’clock.”
3)
Announcement: New York Post, 07 December 1863, 3.

4)
Review: New-York Times, 08 December 1863, 4.
No mention of music.  “[P]roduced here last evening with a degree of noisy success which we record without in any way indorsing [sic].”
5)
Review: New York Herald, 08 December 1863, 4.

Long review with a description of the work.  “[A]nd as for the music of Baker, to fill up the chinks, it is always a positive enjoyment.”

6)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 12 December 1863, 278.

7)
Review: New York Clipper, 19 December 1863, 283.

 “‘As You Sow, So Must You Reap,’ didn’t create much of a sensation last week; we go to the Olympic to laugh, and the new piece didn’t even make us smile.”