Olympic Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
Olympic Theatre

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
23 April 2013

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

27 Aug 1866, Evening
28 Aug 1866, Evening
29 Aug 1866, Evening
30 Aug 1866, Evening
31 Aug 1866, Evening
01 Sep 1866, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Grover German Opera Company, chorus;  Ada Webb;  Theresa Wood [dancer-voc];  Emma Webb
2)
Ice witch, The; or, The frozen hand
aka Frozen hand
Text Author: Buckstone, Daniel
3)
Young actress, The
Text Author: Boucicault

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 26 August 1866.
2)
Advertisement: New York Post, 27 August 1866.
3)
Announcement: New York Post, 27 August 1866, 2.
4)
Advertisement: New-York Daily Tribune, 27 August 1866.
5)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 27 August 1866, 8.

     Calls the piece a “dazzling spectacle” (although the play is “silly”).

6)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 01 September 1866, 166.

Last six nights announced.

7)
Review: New York Clipper, 01 September 1866, 166.

     “For five weeks it [The Ice Witch] has drawn very crowded houses and has proved for Manager Grover a source of wealth, having been the means of giving him a good start on his managerial road in this city.  As a spectacle it has been a great success, and the acting has been in the hands of artistes.”