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

Conductor(s):
David Braham

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
11 August 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

02 Jan 1871, 2:00 PM
02 Jan 1871, 7:00 PM
03 Jan 1871, 7:30 PM
04 Jan 1871, 7:30 PM
05 Jan 1871, 7:30 PM
06 Jan 1871, 7:30 PM
07 Jan 1871, 7:30 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: James F. Wambold; William [clog dancer] Ashcroft; Emma [actress] Grattan; Sidney Franks; Emma Alford; Clara [soprano] Vernon; J. W. [dancer] Morton

2)

"Gone where the woodbine twineth"

Participants: William [clog dancer] Ashcroft; J. W. [dancer] Morton

3)

Sights in the city; or, A new year’s adventure

Text Author: Unknown playwright

Participants: James F. Wambold

4)

Plantation walk around

5)

Jolly Santa Claus; or, The fairy of the mistletoe

6)

aka Congo cocoa dance; Congo cord dance

Citations

1)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 01 January 1871, 2.

2)

Review: New York Clipper, 14 January 1871, 326.

“She [Clara Vernon] sang a number of ballads in a pleasing manner, and her efforts were duly appreciated by the audience.”