Theatre Comique

Event Information

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

Manager / Director:
Robert W. [manager] Butler

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
17 May 2020

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

13 Dec 1869, 7:30 PM
14 Dec 1869, 7:30 PM
15 Dec 1869, 7:30 PM
16 Dec 1869, 7:30 PM
17 Dec 1869, 7:30 PM
18 Dec 1869, 7:30 PM

Program Details

“Fifty Artists will appear Nightly.”

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: Theatre Comique, corps de ballet; Kate Pennoyer; Larry Tooley; Hughey [minstrel] Dougherty; Add Ryman; Charles [Ethiopian comedian] Howard; Johnny Hart

2)

Demonio, [ballet]

aka Demonia; Revels of the demons

Participants: Theatre Comique, corps de ballet; Kate Pennoyer

3)

Politician's appeal, A

Participants: Hughey [minstrel] Dougherty

4)

Squire for a day

Participants: Add Ryman (role: Squire Graball); Johnny Hart (role: Jim)

5)

Dutchman’s ghost, The

Participants: Larry Tooley (role: Peter Scronghorn)

Citations

1)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 13 December 1869, 3.

2)

Announcement: New York Clipper, 18 December 1869, 294.

“Robert Butler is now the sole lessee and manager of the Theatre Comique, having purchased Sandy Spencer’s interest in the same a short time since. Mr. Butler has been very successful ever since he opened this house, and is now giving one of the best variety shows ever presented in this city. Kate Pennoyer, danseuse, who has been off the boards for a long time, puts in an appearance this evening.”