Theatre Comique

Event Information

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

Manager / Director:
Josh Hart [actor, minstrel]

Conductor(s):
Fritz Wannemacher

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

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
3 March 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

18 Mar 1872, Evening
19 Mar 1872, Evening
20 Mar 1872, Matinee
20 Mar 1872, Evening
21 Mar 1872, Evening
22 Mar 1872, Evening
23 Mar 1872, Matinee
23 Mar 1872, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

2)
aka Clog reel
Participants:  Jennie Benson

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 17 March 1872, 4.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 30 March 1872, 414.

“The preceding portion of the programme was made up of the usual variety acts, conspicuous among which were Miss Jennie Benson’s clog dance, the songs and dances of la petite Benson, which were vociferously applauded, and the Misses Jennie Worrell and Kitty O’Neil in in double songs and dances.”