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:
1 October 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

26 Oct 1874, Evening
27 Oct 1874, Evening
28 Oct 1874, Evening
28 Oct 1874, 2:30 PM
29 Oct 1874, Evening
30 Oct 1874, Evening
31 Oct 1874, Evening
31 Oct 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;  Billy [banjo comedian] Carter;  Alice [child singer] Bennett;  William Gaylord;  Jolly Nash;  Amy [serio-comic vocalist] Roberts;  Kitty [dancer] O'Neil
2)
Mulligan guards, The
Participants:  Harrigan and Hart
3)
Scandal Club, The
Participants:  Harrigan and Hart
4)
Coopers, The; or, The magic flute
5)
Can't be cured
Participants:  Johnny Wild;  Frank Kerns
6)
We can't agree
Participants:  Johnny Wild;  Frank Kerns
7)
Jigs
Participants:  Kitty [dancer] O'Neil
8)
Banjo solos
Participants:  Billy [banjo comedian] Carter
9)
Was she led or did she go astray?
aka Going astray
Text Author: Poole

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 25 October 1874, 11.
2)
Review: New York Herald, 28 October 1874, 7.

“…Miss Amy Roberts, a serio-comic vocalist, made her first appearance and achieved a very pleasant impression…”

3)
Review: New York Clipper, 07 November 1874, 254.

“Miss Amy Roberts, a serio-comic vocalist, of pleasing appearance, who has a good voice and dresses with much taste, was the only fresh appearance at the Theatre Comique during the expired week. It was likewise her first appearance at that theatre…”