Olympic Theatre

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:
25 September 2012

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

12 Feb 1866, 7:45 PM
13 Feb 1866, 7:45 PM
14 Feb 1866, 7:45 PM
15 Feb 1866, 7:45 PM
16 Feb 1866, 7:45 PM
17 Feb 1866, 7:45 PM

Program Details

J. H. Selwyn, stage manager.


Black-eyed Susan includes the songs “All in the downs where the fleet lay moored,” “Columbia, gem of the ocean,” and “A yankee ship and a yankee crew.”

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Edwin L. [actor] Davenport;  Louisa Myers;  James Henry Stoddart;  Mrs. John Wood;  Eliza Newton
2)
Who killed Cock Robin?
Text Author: Mathews
Participants:  James Henry Stoddart;  Mrs. John Wood (role: Satanella Tinkle);  Eliza Newton;  Edwin L. [actor] Davenport (role: Jack Raggett)
3)
Black-eyed Susan; or, All in the downs
aka Black eyed Susan
Text Author: Jerrold
Participants:  Louisa Myers (role: a sailor);  Mrs. John Wood (role: Dolly Mayflower);  Edwin L. [actor] Davenport (role: William)
4)
"All in the downs where the fleet lay moored"
aka Dark-eyed Susan
Text Author: Gay [dramatist/poet]
Participants:  Louisa Myers
5)
"Columbia, gem of the ocean"
aka Oh, Columbia, the gem of the ocean; Columbia, the land of the brave
Composer(s): Shaw
Text Author: Shaw
Participants:  Edwin L. [actor] Davenport
6)
"Yankee ship and a Yankee crew, A"
Composer(s): King [comp]
Text Author: Jones
Participants:  Edwin L. [actor] Davenport

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Post, 12 February 1866, 3.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 14 February 1866, 7.
3)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 15 February 1866, 8.

     in “Black-eyed Susan” “Louisa Myers, in the guise of a sailor, sings, in a hearty and touching style, John Gay’s old song, ‘All in the Downs the fleet lay moored.’ It is worth while going to the Olympic to hear that done.  Certain discrepancies are to be noted, by the way, between the scenery and the text. William is an English sailor, and the scenery is profusely tinged with the flag of Old England. Yet William is made to sing ‘Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean,’ and ‘A Yankee Ship and a Yankee Crew;’ nor are other allusions wanting to American topics.  This mingling of ideas and images is in very bad taste.”

4)
Review: New York Clipper, 24 February 1866, 366.

     “[O]ne of the most enjoyable farces ever seen on the stage.”