Theatre Comique

Event Information

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

Proprietor / Lessee:
Robert W. [manager] Butler
E. G. [manager] Gilmore

Manager / Director:
Robert W. [manager] Butler
E. G. [manager] Gilmore

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
4 January 2022

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

04 Apr 1870, 7:30 PM
05 Apr 1870, 7:30 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

2)
aka Mr. and Mrs. White
Text Author: Raymond
Participants:  Madeline [vocalist] Hardy (role: Widow White);  Jennie [vocalist] Kimball (role: Mrs. Peter White);  E. N. [Minstrel] Slocum (role: Major Pepper);  J. C. Stewart (role: Mr. Peter White)
3)
aka Water nymph
5)
aka Jack and Gill went up the hill; or, Mary had her little lamb and Harlequin Jack Horner; Mary had her little lamb and Harlequin Jack Horner; Harlequin Jack Horner; Jack and Jill
Text Author: Fox
Participants:  Lew Simmons;  Robert Frazer

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 03 April 1870, 9.
2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 04 April 1870, 7.

Brief. “Ballet, farce, negro minstrelsy and pantomime are promised at the Comique.”

3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 06 April 1870, 12.
4)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 09 April 1870, 6.

Also a review of the previous week’s performances.