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:
8 May 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

11 May 1874, Evening
12 May 1874, Evening
13 May 1874, Matinee
13 May 1874, Evening
14 May 1874, Evening
15 May 1874, Evening
16 May 1874, Matinee
16 May 1874, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Harrigan and Hart;  Johnny Wild;  Jennie Engel;  Master [comic singer] Martin;  R. M. [dancer] Carroll;  Jennie Yeamans;  Alice [child singer] Bennett;  James W. McKee;  Kate O'Connor;  Ernest [actor] Byne;  Gerard [actor] Byne;  Kitty [dancer] O'Neil
2)
Mulligan guards, The
Participants:  Harrigan and Hart
3)
Terrible example, A
Participants:  Johnny Wild
4)
"What Tom Collins has been saying about him"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
5)
Demon box, The; or, The $10,000 mystery
aka Mysterious box
Participants:  Johnny Wild
6)
"Mortar and bricks"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  R. M. [dancer] Carroll
7)
Four cousins, The
Participants:  Ernest [actor] Byne;  Gerard [actor] Byne
8)
Regular army, oh!
Composer(s): Harrigan
Text Author: Harrigan
9)
Italian padrone; or, The slaves of the harp
Text Author: Poole
10)
Comic songs
Participants:  Jennie Engel;  Kate O'Connor

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 10 May 1874, 10.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 23 May 1874, 62.

“Miss Jennie Engel made her first appearance this season at the Theatre Comique on May 11, meeting with a hearty welcome, and eliciting fervid applause by her pleasing vocalization of serio-comic songs.”