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:
5 November 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

13 Jan 1873, 8:00 PM
14 Jan 1873, 8:00 PM
15 Jan 1873, 2:30 PM
15 Jan 1873, 8:00 PM
16 Jan 1873, 8:00 PM
17 Jan 1873, 8:00 PM
18 Jan 1873, 2:30 PM
18 Jan 1873, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Matthews Family;  Harrigan and Hart;  Johnny Wild;  Master Barney;  Johnny [Ethiopian comedian] Queen;  Billy West;  J. A. [actor?] Graver;  Johnny Hart;  Ada [singer] Wray;  Jennie [vocalist] Hughes;  Peter [comic vocalist] Cannon;  Nellie [actress] Sanford;  E. D. Gooding;  Henry S. [cornetist] Page;  Arthur [gymnast] Gregory;  Kitty [dancer] O'Neil
2)
Ballo in maschera, Un, [burlesque]
aka In plain old U. S. talk
3)
Irish songs
aka Irish melodies; Popular, national, and Irish airs; Hibernian songs
Participants:  Peter [comic vocalist] Cannon
4)
"Old folks at home"
aka Way down upon the Swanee River
Composer(s): Foster
Text Author: Foster
Participants:  Henry S. [cornetist] Page
5)
Fiji islands cannibals, The
Participants:  Harrigan and Hart

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 12 January 1873, 9.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 25 January 1873, 342.

“Pete Cannon continued his excellent Irish character songs, which obtained for him several recalls. Henry S. Page, in his performances upon the cornet, met with continued favor.”