Eveleen
Event Information
Venue(s):
Wallack's Theatre
Event Type:
Play With Music
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
6 June 2016
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
22 Aug 1864, 8:00 PM23 Aug 1864, 8:00 PM
24 Aug 1864, 8:00 PM
25 Aug 1864, 8:00 PM
26 Aug 1864, 8:00 PM
27 Aug 1864, 8:00 PM
Program Details
Olive Logan: Eveleen
Includes a “Drawing-room quadrille gallop”, arr. by John Moore – (perf. by “the characters and an efficient corps de ballet”)
“[N]ever before given in this city.” AN: NYP 08/22/64, p. 2.
Performers and/or Works Performed
Citations
“Miss Logan has every advantage of talent, education, person and position.”
“’Eveleen’—a play never before given in this city.”
“Miss Logan comes of a recognized dramatic family, and her intuitions give promise of a brilliant career. . . .
. . .Her voice is melodious, her presence charming, and her talent very distinct and discernible.”
No mention of music. Logan is both the leading actress and the author of the play. There was “a large and appreciative audience in spite of the very disagreeable weather.” Most of the review is a summary of the plot, which is “of the sensational school.” Logan has “a fine face, a good figure, an excellent stage presence, a sweet, clear voice, and a remarkable degree of self possession.”
A short article criticizing a review that appeared in the Express that was very unfavorable to Logan simply because “she is the wife of one of the gentlemen connected with the Herald.” What has that to do with her acting or the play? “[T]he critics of New York generally treat debutants very nicely and fairly.”