Theatre Comique

Event Information

Venue(s):
Theatre Comique [1867- : 514 Broadway]

Proprietor / Lessee:
Josh Hart [actor, minstrel]

Conductor(s):
David Braham

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
6 June 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

14 Sep 1874, Evening
15 Sep 1874, Evening
16 Sep 1874, Evening
16 Sep 1874, 2:30 PM
17 Sep 1874, Evening
18 Sep 1874, Evening
19 Sep 1874, Evening
19 Sep 1874, 2:30 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Harrigan and Hart;  Charley White;  Johnny Wild;  Frank Kerns;  James [minstrel] Bradley;  Billy [banjo comedian] Carter;  Edward Harrigan;  Alice [child singer] Bennett;  Emma [serio-comic vocalist] Day;  William Gaylord;  Kitty [dancer] O'Neil
2)
Home again: Patrick's day parade
Text Author: Harrigan
Participants:  Harrigan and Hart
3)
Coney Island dummy
Participants:  Johnny Wild;  Billy [banjo comedian] Carter
4)
Take it and don't take it
Participants:  Johnny Wild;  Frank Kerns
5)
Cash; or, The Irish policeman
Text Author: Unknown playwright
Participants:  Johnny Wild;  Edward Harrigan
6)
Banjo solos
Participants:  Billy [banjo comedian] Carter
7)
Songs and dances
Participants:  James [minstrel] Bradley
8)
Weary traveler's rest, The
Participants:  Charley White
9)
Comic songs
Participants:  Emma [serio-comic vocalist] Day

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 13 September 1874, 4.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 26 September 1874, 206.

“…William Carter gave songs with banjo accompaniment, and his introduced dialogue created no little laughter. James Bradley did Ethiopian songs and dances which were meritorious. Little Alice Bennett during her absence has added fresh songs to her repertoire, which she sang with much feeling…”