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:

This event is still undergoing additional verification.

Last Updated:
16 April 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

16 Mar 1874, Evening
17 Mar 1874, Evening
18 Mar 1874, Matinee
18 Mar 1874, Evening
19 Mar 1874, Evening
20 Mar 1874, Evening
21 Mar 1874, Matinee
21 Mar 1874, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Mackin and Wilson [song and dance];  Diamond and Ryan [song and dance];  Josh Hart [actor, minstrel];  Johnny Allen [minstrel/variety];  James H. Budworth;  Marie [dancer] Gorenflo;  Add Ryman;  Jennie Yeamans;  Alice [child singer] Bennett;  Tom Granger;  Kitty Tilson;  Jennie Saterlee
2)
Other fellow, The
Text Author: Unknown playwright
Participants:  Josh Hart [actor, minstrel]
3)
Home in a regular fix
Participants:  Josh Hart [actor, minstrel]
4)
Waking up the wrong man
Participants:  Josh Hart [actor, minstrel]
5)
Jim Crow alive again
aka Jim Crow alive
Text Author: Cavanaugh
Participants:  Josh Hart [actor, minstrel]
6)
Stump speech
aka Stump oration; Any other man
Participants:  Add Ryman
7)
Irish songs
aka Irish melodies; Popular, national, and Irish airs; Hibernian songs
Participants:  Diamond and Ryan [song and dance]
8)
Songs and dances
Participants:  Jennie Yeamans;  Tom Granger
9)
Comic songs
Participants:  Alice [child singer] Bennett
10)
Imitations
aka Impersonations
Participants:  James H. Budworth
11)
Funny mokes in a fog
Participants:  Add Ryman

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 15 March 1874, 4.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 28 March 1874, 414.
Program changes from last week; “The attendance during the week was large.”