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:
7 November 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

01 Jan 1872, Evening
02 Jan 1872, Evening
03 Jan 1872, Matinee
03 Jan 1872, Evening
04 Jan 1872, Evening
05 Jan 1872, Evening
06 Jan 1872, Matinee
06 Jan 1872, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Charley White;  Johnny Wild;  Johnny Hart;  Ada [singer] Wray;  Jennie [vocalist] Hughes;  Ella [mezzo-soprano] Wesner;  Kitty [dancer] O'Neil
2)
Sharks upon shore
aka Sharks on shore
Text Author: Unknown playwright
3)
"Convict's song"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Ella [mezzo-soprano] Wesner

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 31 December 1871, 2.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 13 January 1872, 326.

“Miss Ella Wesner has created a sensation by her singing of the ‘Convict’s Song,’ which, as rendered by her, is one of the best we have ever heard upon the variety stage, her acting and by play being natural and artistic."