Theatre Comique

Event Information

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

Proprietor / Lessee:
Josh Hart

Conductor(s):
David Braham

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
11 July 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

12 Oct 1874, Evening
13 Oct 1874, Evening
14 Oct 1874, Evening
14 Oct 1874, 2:30 PM
15 Oct 1874, Evening
16 Oct 1874, Evening
17 Oct 1874, Evening
17 Oct 1874, 2:30 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Harrigan and Hart;  Diamond and Ryan [song and dance];  Johnny Wild;  Jennie Engel;  Johnny [Ethiopian comedian] Queen;  James [minstrel] Bradley;  Billy West;  Billy [banjo comedian] Carter;  M. H. Bartley
2)
Irish dancing master, The
Participants:  Johnny [Ethiopian comedian] Queen
3)
Whole family, The
Participants:  Johnny [Ethiopian comedian] Queen;  Billy West
4)
Bone solo
aka bones solo
Participants:  M. H. Bartley
5)
Tambourine solo
aka Tamborine solo
Participants:  M. H. Bartley
6)
Day we went west, The
aka Day when we went west, The; Going west
Text Author: Harrigan
Participants:  Harrigan and Hart
7)
Invalid corps, The
Participants:  Harrigan and Hart
8)
Skeptics, The
9)
Italian padrone; or, The slaves of the harp
Text Author: Poole
10)
Haunted wig maker, The

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 11 October 1874, 4.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 24 October 1874, 238.

“…Jennie Engel was cordially welcomed, and by her singing of three fresh songs elicited liberal applause. Diamond and Ryan in fresh Irish songs-and-dances confirmed the good opinion we have hitherto expressed of them…M. H. Bartley performed a bone solo, in which he evinced great skill, performing all the various tricks and illustrating the various modes of playing indulged in by the best performers. He then gave a tamborine [sic] solo, and, being recalled, gave with the bones an imitation of a railroad train in motion. He is entitled to rank among the best performers of that kind.”