Theatre Comique

Event Information

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

Proprietor / Lessee:
Josh Hart [actor, minstrel]

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

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

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
19 March 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

09 Feb 1874, Evening
10 Feb 1874, Evening
11 Feb 1874, Matinee
11 Feb 1874, Evening
12 Feb 1874, Evening
13 Feb 1874, Evening
14 Feb 1874, Matinee
14 Feb 1874, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Harrigan and Hart;  Foley and Wade [song and dance];  Charley White;  Johnny Wild;  Edward [actor] Eddy;  Nully Pieris;  R. M. [dancer] Carroll;  Ella [mezzo-soprano] Wesner;  Bertha [vocalist] Foy;  Ida [song & dance] Foy;  Kate O'Connor;  Kitty [dancer] O'Neil
2)
"Dry monopole"
Composer(s): Massett
Text Author: Massett
Participants:  Ella [mezzo-soprano] Wesner
3)
Ragpicker of Paris, The, [Poole]
Text Author: Poole
Participants:  Edward [actor] Eddy
4)
Black senators, The
Participants:  Harrigan and Hart
5)
Home again, [sketch]
Participants:  Foley and Wade [song and dance]
6)
McFaddens, The
aka McFadden family, The; Collecting the rent; Sixth Ward McFaddens
7)
Night in a strange hotel, A
8)
Editor's troubles, An, (Harrigan)
Text Author: Harrigan

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 08 February 1874, 7.
2)
Review: New York Herald, 10 February 1874, 7.

Brief; no mention of music. 

3)
Review: New York Clipper, 21 February 1874, 374.

“…Miss Wesner sang three new songs, all of which were favorably received, although we think ‘Dry Monopole’ will in the long run prove the greatest favorite. Her male costumes were of almost faultless fit, and she exhibited the same amount of dash and vivacity which generally characterizes her performances…The singing of the Misses Kate O’Connor and Nully Pieris deserves commendation, as their respective voices are fresh, pure in tone, and well cultivated…”