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:
21 August 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

09 Jan 1871, 7:30 PM
10 Jan 1871, 7:30 PM
11 Jan 1871, 7:30 PM
12 Jan 1871, 7:30 PM
13 Jan 1871, 7:30 PM
14 Jan 1871, 7:30 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: Lauri Family; James [Irish comic singer] Collins; Lew Rattler; Martha Wren; Emma Alford; Clara [soprano] Vernon; J. W. [dancer] Morton; Hughey [minstrel] Dougherty; George H. Coes; William [clog dancer] Ashcroft

2)

Fire fiend, The

Participants: Lauri Family

3)

Participants: Hughey [minstrel] Dougherty

4)

Barney's courtship

aka Emigrants, The; or, Good-bye to ould Ireland

Participants: James [Irish comic singer] Collins; Martha Wren

5)

Composer(s): Unknown composer

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

6)

"My father sold charcoal"

aka My father sould charcoal; Me father sould charcoal

Composer(s): Traditional

Participants: William [clog dancer] Ashcroft

7)

"Apple peddlar's song"

Composer(s): Unknown composer

Participants: William [clog dancer] Ashcroft

8)

Crystaline; or, The fairies of the mist

aka Crystalline

9)

Americans abroad

Citations

1)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 08 January 1871, 11.

2)

Review: New York Herald, 10 January 1871, 3.

No mention of music.

3)

Review: New York Clipper, 21 January 1871, 334.

“…the pantomime was much enjoyed by the audience.... the orchestra, under the capable direction of Mr. David Braham, has been brought to a degree of proficiency seldom found in a variety theatre.”