Theatre Comique

Event Information

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

Proprietor / Lessee:
Josh Hart [actor, minstrel]

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

Event Type:
Play With Music, Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
6 May 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

05 Jan 1874, Evening
06 Jan 1874, Evening
07 Jan 1874, Matinee
07 Jan 1874, Evening
08 Jan 1874, Evening
09 Jan 1874, Evening
10 Jan 1874, Matinee
10 Jan 1874, Evening

Program Details

The performers also included a tribe of ten Comanche Indians.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Frank B. Converse;  Johnny Wild;  Frank Kerns;  Marie [dancer] Gorenflo;  Frederick George Maeder;  Josephine [dancer] Walby;  R. M. [dancer] Carroll;  Jennie Yeamans;  Alice Bateman;  James W. McKee;  Kate O'Connor;  Kitty [dancer] O'Neil
2)
Scalpers, The; or, Life on the plains
Text Author: Maeder
3)
"My father sold charcoal"
aka My father sould charcoal; Me father sould charcoal
Composer(s): Traditional
Participants:  R. M. [dancer] Carroll
4)
Banjo solos
Participants:  Frank B. Converse
5)
Jig
Participants:  Jennie Yeamans
6)
Irish songs
aka Irish melodies; Popular, national, and Irish airs; Hibernian songs
Participants:  Kate O'Connor
7)
Clog dance
aka Clog reel
Participants:  Alice Bateman
8)
Three strings to one bow
aka Three strings to one beau
9)
Night in a strange hotel, A

Citations

1)
Announcement: New-York Times, 04 January 1874, 4.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 04 January 1874, 4.

Cast listing and synopsis of incidents.

3)
Review: New-York Times, 08 January 1874, 5.

No mention of music.

4)
Review: New York Clipper, 17 January 1874, 334.

“…Frank Converse gave an exhibition of his skill in banjo-playing, proving that he has a wonderful command of that instrument. He performed a number of artistic variations on popular airs, sang songs with banjo accompaniment, and concluded by giving an excellent imitation of the Trinity bell-chimes, performing upon two swinging banjos at the same time. James W. McKee sang comic songs which had been hitherto heard at this theatre, but were nevertheless liberally applauded…”