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:
30 October 2021

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

07 Mar 1870, 7:45 PM
08 Mar 1870, 7:45 PM
09 Mar 1870, 2:30 PM
09 Mar 1870, 7:45 PM
10 Mar 1870, 7:45 PM
11 Mar 1870, 7:45 PM
12 Mar 1870, 2:30 PM
12 Mar 1870, 7:45 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Clodoche Grotesque Dancers;  Charles [Ethiopian comedian] Howard;  William B. [comic singer] Harrison;  Agnes Sutherland
2)
Home in a regular fix
3)
Black dwarf, The
aka African dwarf; African dwarf Tommy
4)
Old Uncle Jeff

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 07 March 1870, 2.
2)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 19 March 1870, 398.

“W. B. Harrison, extemporaneous vocalist, opened there on the 10th inst., and was well received the balance of the week. He always manages to find some public person in the audience and sings about him in a harmless and pleasing manner.”