Theatre Comique

Event Information

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

Manager / Director:
Henry Brougham Farnie
William Horace Lingard

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
1 March 2019

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

08 Feb 1869, Evening
09 Feb 1869, Evening
10 Feb 1869, Evening
11 Feb 1869, Evening
12 Feb 1869, Evening
13 Feb 1869, Matinee
13 Feb 1869, Evening

Program Details

Henry Brougham Farnie, director and producer.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Lingard's Burlesque Troupe;  George C. Boniface;  William Horace Lingard;  Alice [actress] Dunning;  Ethel [burlesque actress] Norman;  Annie [actress] Wood (role: );  Emma [actress] Laton
2)
Pluto; or, The magic lyre, [Farnie]
Text Author: Farnie
Participants:  Annie [actress] Wood (role: Apollo)
3)
Livre III, chapitre 1er
aka Two can play at that game
Text Author: Pierron, Laferrière
Participants:  George C. Boniface
4)
Living statues
Participants:  William Horace Lingard

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 08 February 1869, 7.
2)
Announcement: New-York Times, 09 February 1869, 4.
3)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 13 February 1869, 359.
4)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 13 February 1869, 358, 2d col., bottom.
5)
Review: New York Clipper, 20 February 1869, 366, 2nd col., bottom.

Annie Wood appears successfully as Apollo in “Pluto”. A novelty of the week of 02 15 is “Two Can Play at That Game” (burlesque). Wed. matinees have been discontinued.