Theatre Comique

Event Information

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

Proprietor / Lessee:
Robert W. [manager] Butler

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
6 March 2021

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

29 Nov 1869, 7:45 PM
30 Nov 1869, 7:45 PM
01 Dec 1869, 7:45 PM
02 Dec 1869, 7:45 PM
03 Dec 1869, 7:45 PM
04 Dec 1869, 7:45 PM

Program Details

The women’s rights lecture was a parody of Olive Logan.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Reynolds Brothers;  Schrotter Sisters;  Billy [Ethiopian comedian] Hart;  Alfred B. [humorist] Burnett;  Charles [Ethiopian comedian] Howard;  Johnny Hart;  James Gaynor;  Hughey [minstrel] Dougherty;  B. Little Morrisey;  Add Ryman
2)
Women's rights lecture
aka Woman's rights lecture; Women's suffrage speech
Participants:  Alfred B. [humorist] Burnett
3)
Heartbroken lover
aka Heart-broken lover; Heart broken lover
Participants:  Alfred B. [humorist] Burnett (role: portraying eight characters)
4)
Bad Dickey
5)
Sarragozanna, El
6)
"Shoo fly, don't bodder me"
aka Shoo fly don't bother me; Shu fly don't bother me; Shew fly don’t bother me
Composer(s): Howard
7)
Hamlet, [burlesque (Unknown author)]
Text Author: Unknown playwright
Participants:  Add Ryman (role: Hamlet)

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 28 November 1869, 12.