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2 unusual facts about Olympic Theatre


Olympic Theatre

The staples of the repertoire in the 1850s and 1860s continued to be comedies, many featuring the great actor and comedian Frederick Robson.

W. J. Hill

He appeared in the role of Ladle in "No Thoroughfare" at the Olympic Theatre in London in December 1876.


Helen Ernstone

At the Olympic Theatre later in 1869, she was Martha in Little Em'ly by Andrew Halliday, based on Dickens's David Copperfield.

William Farren

In fall of 1837, he joined the troupe run by Lucia Elizabeth Vestris at the Olympic Theatre, and he stayed with Vestris during her management of Covent Garden, ending in 1842.


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