Theatre Comique

Full cast list (quite long).

“We frequently hear a good deal of cant about plays which are unfit to be seen by ladies. If they are worthy of the time and thoughts of gentlemen they ought to be equally suitable to the eyes and ears of ladies. Places of amusement like the Theatre Comique would seem most likely to suffer from this cant, and yet that theatre is as free form anything that is offensive in morals as the most refined theatre in the city.” Quotes the New York Sun and Star to continue making this point.

“…Miss Ada Wray was received with favor upon her reappearance, and sang three new songs with pleasing effect. In a kindly spirit we desire to call this young lady’s attention to a habit she is, probably unconsciously, contracting, and which should be broken up at once, ere it becomes so firmly fixed that it will be very difficult to do so. At times a pronounced nasal twang is noticed in her singing, which can, we think, be readily overcome by an hour’s practice daily with a view to remedy the defect. James Bradley merits commendation for his clever performance of some songs-and-dances. Jennie Hughes sang serio-comic songs, which were, as usually, liberally applauded…Miss Maude Grey and W. Weldon did not produce ‘The Statue of the Period,’ as underlined…”