Olympic Theater

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:
5 April 2011

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

18 Apr 1864, 7:45 PM
19 Apr 1864, 7:45 PM
20 Apr 1864, 7:45 PM
21 Apr 1864, 7:45 PM
22 Apr 1864, 7:45 PM
23 Apr 1864, 7:45 PM

Program Details

Hall: Loyalina; or, Brigadier General Fortunio and his seven gifted aides-de-camp (Burlesque)includes song (Drew) [Song, unidentified]


Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Frank Drew;  William, Jr. Davidge;  Mary Sedley [actor-voc.] Brown;  Miss A. Harris [Olympic actor];  Louisa Browne;  Mrs. John Wood
2)
Loyalina; or, Brigadier-General Fortunio and his seven gifted servants
aka Loyalina, Brigadier General Fortunio and His Seven Gifted Aides-de-Camp
Text Author: Hall
Participants:  Frank Drew;  William, Jr. Davidge;  Mary Sedley [actor-voc.] Brown (role: Fairy);  Miss A. Harris [Olympic actor];  Louisa Browne;  Mrs. John Wood (role: Loyalina)
3)
Song, unidentified
aka New song
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Frank Drew
4)
Our wife; or, The rose of Amiens
aka Rose of Amiens
Text Author: Morton

Citations

1)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 18 April 1864.

2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 19 April 1864, 7.

3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 19 April 1864.

“NEW MUSIC.”

4)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 23 April 1864, 16.

5)
Review: New York Clipper, 30 April 1864, 22.

“Mr. Mortimer, of Mrs. Wood’s Olympic, was so decidedly ‘indisposed’ on Wednesday evening last that he forgot his text in his part in ‘Our Wife,’ and was immediately and very properly given his ticket of leave.  After the first act, stage manager Selwyn went on and finished the role.  On the following evening Frank Drew took the character.  Mortimer, aside from his ‘indisposed’ proclivities, was becoming quite a favorite here.  We had warned him against ‘indiscretions.”

6)
Review: New York Clipper, 30 April 1864, 22.

“Mrs. Wood has got her new extravaganza in admirable working order, and it takes like the first run of shad.  Mrs. W. rattles through her many parts with much vehemence and fiery ardor, and is as great a favorite in her regimentals as Little Mac is in his. . . . Frank Drew’s operatic gem ‘fetches ‘em’ every time, for he sings as cleverly and as comically in this piece, as he rode in the horse piece in the celebrated equestrian act without saddle or bridle.”