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:
31 July 2011
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
23 May 1864, 7:45 PM24 May 1864, 7:45 PM
25 May 1864, 7:45 PM
26 May 1864, 7:45 PM
27 May 1864, 7:45 PM
28 May 1864, 7:45 PM
Program Details
Offenbach: Orphée aux Enfers selections
Intermingled with: Gluck: Orphée aria [Orfeo ed Euridice, aria]
Intermingled with: Gluck: Orphée aria [Orfeo ed Euridice, aria]
Performers and/or Works Performed
3)
Citations
1)
“PAUL’S RETURN, which will be produced . . . for the FIRST TIME IN THIS COUNTRY.”
4)
“Mr. Thomas Baker’s orchestra played last evening among other agreeable selections of music, a capital arrangement of some of the best melodies from Offenbach’s ‘Orphée aux Enfers,’ with an air from Gluck’s ‘Orphée’ intermingled. Offenbach is always welcome, even though only in an orchestral form.”
6)
Long, negative review of Paul’s Return, with plot synopsis. Encourages production of American dramas, but laments that many of them are written by “third or fourth rate” authors. “A desperately bad piece was produced on the 23d inst., at the Olympic, before not only a poor audience, but one abandoned to grief and despair. The name of the new play is ‘Paul’s Return,’ and we heartily wished before the second act was over that Paul had remained where he was.”