Theatre Comique

Event Information

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

Manager / Director:
Josh Hart [actor, minstrel]

Price: $.50; $1 reserved seat; $.25 family circle

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
2 November 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

18 Dec 1871, Evening
19 Dec 1871, Evening
20 Dec 1871, Matinee
20 Dec 1871, Evening
21 Dec 1871, Evening
22 Dec 1871, Evening
23 Dec 1871, Matinee
23 Dec 1871, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Forepaugh Brothers;  Jennie [vocalist] Hughes;  Angelique [illusionist] Schott;  Ella [mezzo-soprano] Wesner;  Kathleen O'Neil;  Charley White;  Johnny Wild;  Master [comic singer] Martin;  W. H. [contortionist] Lester;  Prof. [magician] Sylvester;  Ada [singer] Wray
2)
New York policeman, A; or, Who stole the monkey?
Text Author: Unknown playwright

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 17 December 1871, 9.
2)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 30 December 1871, 310.

“Miss Wesner sang, in male costume, a number of songs which met with great favor.”