Theatre Comique

Event Information

Venue(s):
Theatre Comique [1867- : 514 Broadway]

Proprietor / Lessee:
Charley White
Sandy [proprietor] Spencer

Manager / Director:
William Horace Lingard

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
28 November 2018

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

01 Dec 1868, 8:00 PM
02 Dec 1868, 2:30 PM
02 Dec 1868, 8:00 PM
03 Dec 1868, 8:00 PM

Program Details

Benefit for Charley White on Tuesday. Fire on Fri. severely damaged theatre.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Galton English Opera Company;  Prof. William [ventriloquist] Hilton;  Joseph Kline Emmet;  Susan Galton;  Charley White;  John T. Raymond;  Lina Windel;  William Horace Lingard
2)
Anthony Snow
Text Author: White
Participants:  Charley White (role: Anthony Snow)
3)
"Happy Dutchman, The"
Participants:  Joseph Kline Emmet
4)
Spectre bridegroom, The; or, A ghost in spite of himself
Text Author: Moncrieff
5)
Kiss in the dark, A
Text Author: Buckstone

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 20 November 1868.
2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 29 November 1868.

“Notice—Tuesday evening, December 1, a benefit of Mr. Charles White, on which occasion he will appear in one of his original farces.  Mr. Joseph Emmet, the celebrated German delineator, will also appear on this occasion by the kind permission of Mr. R. M. Hooley, Esq.  Prof. Hilton will also appear being his last performance in America prior to his departure for Europe.  A great bill.  For particulars and programme.”

3)
Announcement: New York Herald, 30 November 1868, 5.

“At the Theatre Comique Mr. Charles White, an old favorite, will take his benefit tomorrow evening.  A tempting bill of fare is announced, and the assistance of several well known artists has been secured.”

4)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 01 December 1868, 8.
5)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 05 December 1868, 278, 2d col., middle.
6)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 05 December 1868, 279.
7)
Announcement: New York Herald, 05 December 1868, 5.

“At half past three o’ clock yesterday morning the Theatre Comique, No. 514 Broadway, was discovered to be on fire.  Before the flames were subdued the building was damaged to the extent of $20,000.”  [More information in article.]