Diedrich

Event Information

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

Proprietor / Lessee:
Josh Hart [actor, minstrel]

Manager / Director:
Thomas L. Donnelly
John F. [1833-93] Poole

Conductor(s):
David Braham

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

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
28 February 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

23 Jun 1873, 8:00 PM
24 Jun 1873, 8:00 PM
25 Jun 1873, 2:30 PM
25 Jun 1873, 8:00 PM
26 Jun 1873, 8:00 PM
27 Jun 1873, 8:00 PM
28 Jun 1873, 2:30 PM
28 Jun 1873, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Diedrich
aka Life in New York
Text Author: Unknown playwright
Participants:  Johnny Allen [minstrel/variety];  Alice M. Harrison [vocal-actor]

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 22 June 1873, 4.

Cast listing. “New songs, new duets, new dances, new Allen and Harrison specialties.” 

2)
Review: New York Clipper, 05 July 1873, 110.

“Their [Allen’s and Harrison’s] performances were received with favor, and their songs and duets, with which the drama was liberally interspersed, elicited much applause.”