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):
David Braham

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

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
11 November 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

24 Feb 1873, 8:00 PM
25 Feb 1873, 8:00 PM
26 Feb 1873, 2:30 PM
26 Feb 1873, 8:00 PM
27 Feb 1873, 8:00 PM
28 Feb 1873, 8:00 PM
01 Mar 1873, 2:30 PM
01 Mar 1873, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Harrigan and Hart;  Bobby Newcomb;  Johnny Wild;  D. L. Morris;  Johnny [Ethiopian comedian] Queen;  Billy West;  Maggie [vocalist] Fielding;  John [vocalist] Fielding;  Johnny Hart;  Ada [singer] Wray;  Jennie [vocalist] Hughes;  Nellie [actress] Sanford;  E. D. Gooding;  Kitty Tilson;  Kitty [dancer] O'Neil
2)
Stump speech
aka Stump oration; Any other man
Participants:  D. L. Morris
3)
Wonderful doughnut
Text Author: Harrigan
4)
Pretty Dick Turpin
aka Little Dick Turpin
Text Author: Poole
5)
Chicago, before, during, and after the fire
Text Author: Unknown playwright
6)
Song and dance
Participants:  Bobby Newcomb
7)
Ninety eight; or, The murder at the farm
aka '98; or, The murder at the farm
Text Author: Stoute
8)
Jig
Participants:  Kitty [dancer] O'Neil

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 23 February 1873, 4.

Cast and scene listing; two-column ad.

2)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 08 March 1873, 390.