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:
4 June 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

31 Aug 1874, Evening
01 Sep 1874, Evening
02 Sep 1874, Matinee
02 Sep 1874, Evening
03 Sep 1874, Evening
04 Sep 1874, Evening
05 Sep 1874, Matinee
05 Sep 1874, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Maffitt and Bartholomew's Pantomime Troupe;  Diamond and Ryan [song and dance];  Wayne and Lovely [song and dance];  La Verde Children;  Charley White;  D. L. Morris;  Cool [minstrel] Burgess;  G. L. Stoute;  Ada [dancer] Laurent;  Fanny Pierson;  Kitty [dancer] O'Neil
2)
Mystery, The; or, Dancing as it was and is
aka Mystery of dancing, as it is and was
Participants:  Ada [dancer] Laurent
3)
Comic songs
Participants:  Fanny Pierson
4)
Bag of shorts, A
5)
Flick flock, [pantomime burlesque]
Participants:  Maffitt and Bartholomew's Pantomime Troupe
6)
Dutch justice, The
Participants:  D. L. Morris

Citations

1)
Review: New York Clipper, 12 September 1874, 190.

“…Miss Fannie Pierson, for some years an actress upon the dramatic stage, sang serio-comic songs which deserve high commendation. Her voice is a soprano—sweet, of much power, and thoroughly under control. Her costume was rich and tasteful. Miss Belle La Verde, who is on the threshold of womanhood, sang quite acceptably several serio-comic songs; Milly and Minnie La Verde, two little midgets, gave character songs-and-dances, which, considering their tender years, were very cleverly performed…Attendance large.”