Theatre Comique

Event Information

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

Proprietor / Lessee:
Josh Hart [actor, minstrel]

Manager / Director:
Josh Hart [actor, minstrel]

Conductor(s):
Henry Wannemacher

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

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
19 September 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

02 Dec 1872, 8:00 PM
03 Dec 1872, 8:00 PM
04 Dec 1872, 2:30 PM
04 Dec 1872, 8:00 PM
05 Dec 1872, 8:00 PM
06 Dec 1872, 8:00 PM
07 Dec 1872, 2:30 PM
07 Dec 1872, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Harrigan and Hart;  Johnny Wild;  Frank Kerns;  Johnny [Ethiopian comedian] Queen;  Billy West;  Neil [actor] Warner;  J. A. [actor?] Graver;  Johnny Hart;  Ada [singer] Wray;  Jennie [vocalist] Hughes;  Annie [serio-comic vocalist] Adams;  Nellie [actress] Sanford;  James W. McKee;  Kitty [dancer] O'Neil
2)
Africa; or, Livingstone and Stanley
Text Author: Poole
Participants:  Neil [actor] Warner (role: Stanley)
3)
Africa; or, Livingstone and Stanley, [incidental music]
Composer(s): Wannemacher
4)
Day we went west, The
aka Day when we went west, The; Going west
Text Author: Harrigan
Participants:  Harrigan and Hart
5)
Big and little
aka Big and little of it
Participants:  Harrigan and Hart

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 01 December 1872, 4.

Cast and scene listing for Africa.

2)
Review: New-York Times, 03 December 1872, 7.

No mention of music.

3)
Review: New York Clipper, 14 December 1872, 294.

“Josh Hart, the manager, has, by untiring energy, made this theatre one of the most successful of its class in this city, if not in the entire country. The performances are ever filled with novelty and the star attractions are rapidly changed. During a season one is almost certain to see all the most celebrated performers of the variety profession.”