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:
22 June 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

10 May 1875, Evening
11 May 1875, Evening
12 May 1875, Evening
12 May 1875, 2:30 PM
13 May 1875, Evening
14 May 1875, Evening
15 May 1875, Evening
15 May 1875, 2:30 PM

Program Details

The olio was changed every night; New York Times ad identifies which sketches were performed on which night.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Devere Brothers;  Harrigan and Hart;  Faust Family;  Charley White;  Johnny Wild;  Larry Tooley;  Billy [banjo comedian] Carter;  Adah [vocalist] Richmond;  Kitty [dancer] O'Neil
2)
Down Broadway; or, From Central Park to the Battery
aka Miniature 69th Regiment; Miniature Sixty-Ninth Regiment
Text Author: Harrigan
Participants:  Harrigan and Hart
3)
Clog dance
aka Clog reel
Participants:  Devere Brothers
4)
Mulligan guards, The
5)
Take it and don't take it
6)
Skidmores, The
7)
My turn next
Text Author: Williams
8)
Terrible example, A
9)
Who owns the line?
10)
Colored conductors, The
11)
Who died first?
Text Author: White, Leavitt
12)
After the war
Text Author: Harrigan
13)
Coal heaver's revenge
14)
Editor's troubles, An, (Harrigan)
Text Author: Harrigan
15)
Rum and gum
16)
Day we went west, The
aka Day when we went west, The; Going west
Text Author: Harrigan
17)
Regular army, oh!
Composer(s): Harrigan
Text Author: Harrigan
18)
School, [burlesque]
aka Spelling match

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 09 May 1875, 10.

Different olio every night, to be selected from the above list.

2)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 14 May 1875, 7.
3)
Review: New York Clipper, 22 May 1875, 62.

Program changes from last week; “The attendance was large.”