1900 The scandalous Sapho [sic] is staged at Wallack's Theatre in New York. Based on Alphonse Daudet's novel, it stars Olga Nethersole as an evil woman who seduces a pure young man to keep as her lover. Purity wins out however, and the young man convinces her to return to the felon who is the father of her child. This debauchery reigns for just 29 performances. It will re-open in April for 55 more perform…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:59PM on February 4, 2015