Theatre Comique

Opening night of the fall and winter season.

“The audience was evidently in a humor to receive with favor everything that was presented, and Dutch, Irish and Scotch comic songs were loudly applauded and, in some instances, encored. The attraction of the bill was, however, the Chapman Sisters burlesque of ‘Little Don Giovanni,’ in which the gossip of the day is cleverly and laughably introduced. The additions to and improvements of the stage have enabled the Chapman Sisters to give it with a good setting, and the music of the piece is rendered with sufficient care to revive reminiscences of popular operatic airs. The great defect of the entertainment is that it is too long, and the bill could be cut to advantage in the strictly variety business and ancient trash and nonsense at the beginning of the performance.”

Names of company members.

“Herr Bernhard conducted the orchestra in the absence of David Braham, who was with another portion of Mr. Josh Hart’s company.”