Theatre Comique

Event Information

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

Proprietor / Lessee:
Josh Hart [actor, minstrel]

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
6 April 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

04 May 1874, Evening
05 May 1874, Evening
06 May 1874, Matinee
06 May 1874, Evening
07 May 1874, Evening
08 May 1874, Evening
09 May 1874, Matinee
09 May 1874, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Harrigan and Hart;  Diamond and Ryan [song and dance];  Johnny Wild;  Routh Goshen;  R. M. [dancer] Carroll;  Alice [child singer] Bennett;  Kate O'Connor;  Ernest [actor] Byne;  Gerard [actor] Byne;  Lydia Yeamans;  Kitty [dancer] O'Neil
2)
Four cousins, The
Participants:  Ernest [actor] Byne;  Gerard [actor] Byne
3)
Who’s got de flo’; or, Scenes in the South Carolina legislature
Text Author: Harrigan
Participants:  Harrigan and Hart
4)
Regular army, oh!
Composer(s): Harrigan
Text Author: Harrigan
5)
Sing Sing; or, The two convicts
aka Sing Sing, or, How they got out
Text Author: Poole
6)
One, two, three
aka One two three
Participants:  Johnny Wild (role: Stand on Your Head)
7)
"My father sold charcoal"
aka My father sould charcoal; Me father sould charcoal
Composer(s): Traditional
Participants:  R. M. [dancer] Carroll
8)
Jig
Participants:  Kitty [dancer] O'Neil

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 03 May 1874, 11.

Cast listing and scene synopsis for Sing Sing.

2)
Review: New York Clipper, 16 May 1874, 54.

“Attendance large, and on several nights persons were unable to procure standing-room.”