Theatre Comique

“The performance at this theatre last evening was well attended, as might be expected on a Saturday night with such a varied and interesting bill of fare as that which was presented. Lovers of the negro minstrel art were well provided for by the funny antics of Ashcroft and Morton, who, as usual, threw themselves into all sorts of attitudes in perfect harmony with the music of the orchestra. ’Jeemes the Poet’ was gone through with in the customary good style, and the ‘great Milburn’ appeared in his sketches and characters, concluding with his famous clog dance, to the entire satisfaction of every one. Hughey Dougherty was good, especially in his ballet dance. ‘Mad as a March Hare’ concluded the performance , and was pleasantly rendered in all its parts.”

“…with the rest of the ballet, danced in admirable precision of time and grace of motion to the music of Braham’s orchestra, which is a good one.” “M’lle Tarelle, a pretty and pleasing cantatrice, with a voice full of melody, sang several operatic airs, in an easy, simple style; all the more gratifying, therefore, and far superior to most of our concert cantatrices with high sounding names, who seem to sacrifice chord, time and all the attributes of harmony by demi-semi-quavering the scale, in the upper register more particularly, and call that music. M’lle Tarelle is not one of these. We think, however, that the concert boards, not the stage, is her forte, as miscellaneous audiences usually prefer the comic or dashing style, rather than the sentimental.” 

William Ashcroft’s marriage to Kate Brooke on April 9.