Theatre Comique (Boston) Explained

Theatre Comique (1865 - 1869) of Boston, Massachusetts, was located at no. 240 Washington Street.^{[1] [2]} Personnel included Jason Wentworth,^[3] William H. Crisp, James S. Maffitt, George Maffitt,^[4] B.F. Lowell, Wm. H. Daly, orchestra leader Aug. Muller, and maitre de ballet Signor Constantine. Among the performances: slack rope and acrobatics by Martini Chiriski and the Levantine Brothers;^[5] Mlle. Augusta, danseuse;^[6] "Aladdin" with Kate Pennoyer and W.H. Bartholomew; dancing by Betty Regl; Snow Brothers (William and Benjamin Snow); Morlacchi Ballet Troupe; Wilson Brothers (Louis and George Wilson); Ada Harland; and Jarrett & Palmer's "Forty Thieves."^[7] It occupied the building formerly known as Andrews Hall, Barnum's Aquarial Gardens, and the Boston Aquarial and Zoological Gardens.^[8] In 1869 the theatre was renamed the "Adelphi Theatre."^[9]

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Notes and References

1. Boston Almanac. 1867
2. Book: A guide to Boston and vicinity : a complete hand-book, directing the stranger how to find its public buildings, hotels, depots, places of amusement, horse cars, churches, benevolent and religious institutions, newspaper and telegraph offices, cemeteries, etc.; with a map of the city and numerous fine steel illustrations; also, a guide to the principal first-class stores in the various lines of trade . Boston . 1867.
3. Boston Evening Transcript, Oct. 27, 1865
4. Stagehand George Maffitt fell from the rafters to his death during a performance. (Pomeroy's Democrat (Chicago), Jan. 6, 1869)
5. New York Herald, Nov. 5, 1865
6. Pomeroy's Democrat (Chicago), Jan. 6, 1869
7. American Broadsides and Ephemera, Series 1
8. Web site: Boston Athenaeum . Theater History: Theatre Comique, 240 Washington Street . 2012-02-25.
9. John Stetson . The Opera Glass . Boston . 3 . 6 . 1896 .