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:
16 June 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

11 Jan 1875, Evening
12 Jan 1875, Evening
13 Jan 1875, 2:30 PM
13 Jan 1875, Evening
14 Jan 1875, Evening
15 Jan 1875, Evening
16 Jan 1875, Evening
16 Jan 1875, 2:30 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Harrigan and Hart;  Coleman Sisters;  Charley White;  Johnny Allen [minstrel/variety];  Harry Richmond;  Billy [banjo comedian] Carter;  Polly Booth;  James [Irish comic singer] Collins;  Martha Wren;  Jerry Barrington;  Harry Kernell;  Ernest [actor] Byne;  Gerard [actor] Byne;  Therese St. John;  Ben Dodge
2)
Stump speech
aka Stump oration; Any other man
Participants:  Harry Richmond
3)
"Nicodemus Johnson," [song]
Composer(s): Murphy
Participants:  Johnny Allen [minstrel/variety]
4)
Jack; or, A farm for life
5)
King Calico's body guard
aka King Calico's bodyguard
Participants:  Harrigan and Hart
6)
Barney's courtship
aka Emigrants, The; or, Good-bye to ould Ireland
Participants:  James [Irish comic singer] Collins;  Martha Wren
7)
"Pat Maloney's family"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
8)
Who owns the line?
Participants:  Harrigan and Hart
9)
Slavery as it was
10)
Two Deitchers, The
aka Two Deitschers
Participants:  Coleman Sisters
11)
Comic songs
Participants:  Ben Dodge
12)
Belle and swell, The
aka Broadway swell and belle, The
Participants:  Ernest [actor] Byne;  Gerard [actor] Byne

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 10 January 1875, 9.
2)
: New York Clipper, 23 January 1875, 342.

“…Therese St. John, by her vocal efforts, confirmed the good opinion we have hitherto expressed of her…attracted large-sized audiences.”