Theatre Comique

Event Information

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

Event Type:
Minstrel, Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
7 January 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

07 Oct 1867, Evening
08 Oct 1867, Evening
09 Oct 1867, Evening
10 Oct 1867, Evening
11 Oct 1867, Evening
12 Oct 1867, Matinee
12 Oct 1867, Evening

Program Details

Bedouin Arabs: "includes tumbling and living pyramids;" members include Mosel Bensaid, Hans Becs, Abdallah Vassan, Mulei Aron, and Ali Bensaid.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Ben Cotton and Sam Sharpley’s Minstrels;  Harry Pearson [actor-voc];  Ida DeVere;  Eva Brent;  Fanny Young;  Ben Cotton;  Frances [comedienne] Vivian;  Dick Ralph;  Charley White
2)
Rum-ti-foo-zle; or, The loves of Lord Lovell and Nancy Bell
aka Loves of Lord Lovel and Nancy Bell; Rumtifoozle; or, The lives of Lady Nancy Bell and ye Lord Lovell
Participants:  Frances [comedienne] Vivian;  Harry Pearson [actor-voc];  Fanny Young
3)
Bedouin Arabs
aka Bedouin Arabs of color

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Herald, 07 October 1867, 4.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 07 October 1867.
3)
Review: New York Clipper, 19 October 1867, 222.

“Business was pretty good at this establishment this past week. . . . Miss Young is considered one of the best burlesque actresses at present in this country.”