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:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
7 May 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

12 Jan 1874, Evening
13 Jan 1874, Evening
14 Jan 1874, Matinee
14 Jan 1874, Evening
15 Jan 1874, Evening
16 Jan 1874, Evening
17 Jan 1874, Matinee
17 Jan 1874, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Royal Japanese Yeddo Troupe;  Harrigan and Hart;  Frank B. Converse;  Marie Zoe;  Josephine [dancer] Walby;  Jennie Yeamans;  John [English vocalist, dancer] Williams;  James W. McKee;  Kate O'Connor;  Kitty [dancer] O'Neil
2)
Wizard skiff, The; or, The massacre of Scio
aka Wizard's skiff
Text Author: Unknown playwright
3)
Mulligan guards, The
Participants:  Harrigan and Hart
4)
Diorama of Ireland
5)
Song and dance
Participants:  Jennie Yeamans
6)
Highland fling
Participants:  Josephine [dancer] Walby
7)
Irish songs
aka Irish melodies; Popular, national, and Irish airs; Hibernian songs
Participants:  Kate O'Connor
8)
Banjo solos
Participants:  Frank B. Converse
9)
Comic songs
Participants:  James W. McKee

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 11 January 1874, 7.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 24 January 1874, 342.

Program changes since last week; compressed version of The Wizard skiff.