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:
11 May 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

18 May 1874, Evening
19 May 1874, Evening
20 May 1874, Matinee
20 May 1874, Evening
21 May 1874, Evening
22 May 1874, Evening
23 May 1874, Matinee
23 May 1874, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Diamond and Ryan [song and dance];  Charley White;  Nully Pieris;  Frank Kerns;  R. M. [dancer] Carroll;  James [Irish comic singer] Collins;  Martha Wren;  R. M. [vocalist] Smith;  Kitty [dancer] O'Neil
2)
Comic songs
Participants:  R. M. [vocalist] Smith
3)
Terrible fix, A
Participants:  James [Irish comic singer] Collins;  Martha Wren
4)
Song and dance
Participants:  R. M. [dancer] Carroll
5)
Jig
Participants:  Kitty [dancer] O'Neil
6)
"Mr. and Mrs. Brown"
Composer(s): Foster
7)
Elephant, The
aka Taming the elephant; Baby elephant; Pet elephant; Who owns dis elephant?
8)
America; or, Our country’s progress
Text Author: Poole

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 17 May 1874, 17.

America illustrated with eight illuminated oil paintings. 

2)
Review: New York Clipper, 30 May 1874, 70.

“R. M. Smith met with favor in singing character comic songs, and later in the evening he performed a tamborine solo, which was lavishly applauded.”