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:
Published

Last Updated:
31 May 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

26 Jan 1874, Evening
27 Jan 1874, Evening
28 Jan 1874, Matinee
28 Jan 1874, Evening
29 Jan 1874, Evening
30 Jan 1874, Evening
31 Jan 1874, Matinee
31 Jan 1874, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Nelson Family [gymnasts];  Harrigan and Hart;  Charley White;  Johnny Wild;  Nully Pieris;  Helene [dancer] Smith;  R. M. [dancer] Carroll;  James W. McKee;  Robert [actor] Hall;  Kitty [dancer] O'Neil
2)
"Camptown races"
Composer(s): Foster
Participants:  Johnny Wild
3)
"Old folks at home"
aka Way down upon the Swanee River
Composer(s): Foster
Text Author: Foster
Participants:  James W. McKee
4)
Rent day; or, Hard times
Text Author: Poole
5)
Scenes from early minstrelsy
6)
Songs and dances
Participants:  Helene [dancer] Smith
7)
Mulligan guards, The
Participants:  Harrigan and Hart
8)
Promenade of Miss Lucy Long
aka Lucy, Lucy Long
9)
Fisherman's luck, The

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 25 January 1874, 8.

Cast list and scene synopsis for Rent day.

2)
Review: New York Herald, 27 January 1874, 3.

No mention of music.

3)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 31 January 1874, 350.

Train accident near Pittsburgh, in which Miss Pieris was a passenger, delaying her appearance at this theatre.

4)
Review: New York Clipper, 07 February 1874, 358.

“…A salient feature of the programme was Scenes from Early Minstrelsy, with Charles White as interlocutor, John Wild as bones, and Ed. Harrigan as tambo. The instruments were one violin, two banjos, guitar, flutina and triangle. Between songs witticisms were indulged in and conundrums propounded and answered…”