Olympic Theater

Event Information

Venue(s):
Olympic Theatre

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
19 July 2011

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

19 Sep 1864, 8:00 PM
20 Sep 1864, 8:00 PM
21 Sep 1864, 8:00 PM
22 Sep 1864, 8:00 PM
23 Sep 1864, 8:00 PM
24 Sep 1864, 8:00 PM

Program Details

[Dufferin and Clandeboye] Countess of Gifford: Finesse; or, A busy day in Messina (comedy with song) - Gilbert as the baroness; Myers as Robin (“with song”)

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Louisa Myers;  Mrs. John Wood;  Anne Hartley Gilbert [actress]
2)
Finesse; or, A busy day in Messina
aka Busy day in Messina
Text Author: Dufferin and Clandeboye
Participants:  Louisa Myers (role: Robin);  Anne Hartley Gilbert [actress] (role: the baroness)
3)
Song, unidentified
aka New song
Composer(s): Unknown composer
4)
Jenny Lind; or, Music mad, [farce]
Participants:  Mrs. John Wood (role: Jenny Lind)

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 18 September 1864.

2)
Review: New-York Times, 21 September 1864, 5.
“The uproarious musical farce of Jenny Lind is still retained in the bill, and it serves to introduce Mrs. John Wood in one of her jolliest roles.”
3)
Review: New-York Times, 23 September 1864, 5.
Only Finesse is reviewed; no comments about music.