A reserve price is the minimum price the seller will accept. This price is hidden from bidders. To win, a bidder must have the highest bid and have met or exceeded the reserve price.
THIS IS THE MAN JAMES CAGNEY WAS SINGING ABOUT WHEN HE PLAYED GEORGE M COHAN IN YANKEE DOODLE DANDY THATS HOW FAMOUS HE WAS IN THE 19TH CENTURY AT ONE TIME WAS ONE OF THE MOST WELL KNOWN MEN IN THE UNITED STATES THIS WAS TAKEN FROM AN OLD AUTOGRAPH BOOK AND LISTED WITH THE PHORO YOU GET TOO THIS HAS GOT TO BE ONE ON THE RAREST AUTOGRAPHS IN THE ENTERTAINMENT FIELD
Edward Harrigan (October 26, 1844 – June 6, 1911) was an American actor, playwright, theatre manager, and composer. Harrigan and Tony Hart formed the first famous collaboration in American musical theatre. Life and career
Harrigan was born in New York, New York and of Irish lineage. He made his first acting appearance in San Francisco in 1867, and soon afterwards formed a stage partnership with Tony Hart (1855-1891), whose real name was Anthony Cannon. As "Harrigan and Hart," they had a great success on tour in the presentation of comic types of lower class characters drawn from everyday life on the streets of New York, especially the ethnic neighborhood "militias". Beginning as simple vaudeville sketches, Harrigan gradually worked these up into plays, with occasional songs, set to popular music by David Braham. The titles of these plays indicate their character, The Mulligan Guards, Squatter Sovereignty, A Leather Patch, The O'Regans.
By 1878, with The Mulligan Guard Picnic, Harrigan & Hart settled down on Broadway and played in seventeen of their shows over the next seven years (until Harrigan and Hart split up).[1] Though still broad and farcical, these shows featured music that was integrated with a more literary story line, together with the dialogue and dance, and the shows began to resemble modern musical comedy.[2] Harrigan wrote the stories and lyrics, and Braham wrote the music. These shows were very popular especially with New York's immigrant-based lower and middle classes, who were delighted to see themselves comically (but sympathetically) depicted on stage. The action of the plays took place in downtown Manhattan and concerned real-life problems, such as interracial tensions, political corruption, and gang violence, all mixed together with broad, street-smart comedy, puns and ethnic dialects. Harrigan played the politically ambitious Irish saloon owner "Dan Mulligan", and Hart played the African-American washerwoman "Rebecca Allup".
Harrigan married Annie Braham, David's daughter, on November 18, 1876. Their family continued in his footsteps, as son William Harrigan, daughter Nedda Harrigan, and granddaughter Ann Connolly all became Broadway performers. However, Harrigan's habit of hiring relatives soured his partnership with Hart, and they split up in 1885. Hart died at age 36 from complications caused by syphilis. Harrigan ultimately wrote the book and lyrics for more than twenty five Broadway musicals and continued writing and performing until 1893.
Ned Harrigan was an American playwright, actor, producer, singer, lyricist, comedian with the popular comedy team of Harrigan & Hart. He was an entertainment pioneer who helped establish and popularize musical-comedy theater in the United States. Ned Harrigan was one of the most beloved theatrical figures of his era.
Biographical fast facts
Full or original name at birth: Edward Green Harrigan
Date and place of birth: October 26, 1844, at 34 Scammel Street, New York City, New York, U.S.A.*
Date, place and cause of death: June 6, 1911, at 249 West 102nd Street (just west of Broadway), New York City, New York, U.S.A. (Heart disease)
Marriage Spouse: Annie Braham (m. November 18, 1876 - June 6, 1911) (his death) Wedding took place before Father Fritz Harris at St. Joseph's Church, 371 Sixth Avenue between Waverly and Washington Place, New York City, New York, U.S.A.
Children Sons: Edward "Eddie Jr." Harrigan (d. February 17, 1895, of peritonitis) Anthony Hart Harrigan (1881-1932) George Harrigan (b. March 1885 - d. May 9, 1885, at 9:30 a.m., of acute bronchitis) William Harrigan (1886-1966)** Philip Braham Harrigan (b. 1892, 46 West 68th Street, New York City, New York, - d. 1972) Nolan Harrigan (1894-1966)
Daughters: Annie Harrigan (d. 1880 at the age of 10 months) Adelaide Harrigan (1882-1960) Grace "Nedda" Harrigan (1899-1989)
NOTE: Ned Harrigan and his wife, Annie "The Duchess" Harrigan, had a total of ten kids, three of which did not survive infancy.
Family/Relatives Siblings: William Harrigan, Jr. (b. 1841, at 8 Gouverneur Street, New York City, New York) (older brother)
Sisters: Mary Harrigan Martha Harrigan
NOTE: Ned's parents had a total of thirteen children, but only four (Ned and his three siblings listed above) survived infancy.
Parents Father: William Harrigan (b. 1799, Carbonear, Newfoundland, Canada) (a caulker in area shipyards) Mother: Ellen Ann Rogers (b. 1814, Charlestown, Massachusetts)
Burial site: Woodlawn Cemetery, Webster Avenue and East 233rd Street, Bronx, New York, U.S.A.
** His son, William Harrigan, was not born in 1893 or 1894 as most sources state. Government records and family papers alike, confirm his 1886 birth.
Biography - Credits
Edward Harrigan was raised in an area of Manhattan known as Corlear's Hook, then more commonly known as Cork Row. It was a racially diverse area of Irish, Italian, and German immigrants, as well as African-Americans. His straightforward inclusion of those minorities in the many skits and plays he would later write, proved quite groundbreaking. Because of his frequent inclusion of those at the bottom of the social and economic ladder, his audiences didn't just consist of the elite Fifth Avenue crowd. It was just one of the elements that contributed to his phenomenal success and longevity on stage. In fact, Harrigan & Hart dominated the New York stage during the 1870s and early 1880s. Harrigan made his stage debut in San Francisco back in the 1860s, and his Broadway debut in 1870.
Teaming with Anthony J. Cannon, who later changed his name to Tony Hart, the comedy team of Harrigan & Hart would become so popular, Harrigan was later able to build his own theater venue. Productions were often a family affair, with Ned writing the lyrics to their songs, and his father-in-law, David Braham, composing the music. Other family members were frequently seen both onstage and off.
Harrigan & Hart were best known for The Mulligan Guards, which premiered in 1873. After becoming their signature piece, the Guards would be featured in many of their most popular slapstick skits and plays. It may have been the centerpiece of his career, but Harrigan didn't own the rights to the song. He often bemoaned the fact that he sold the tune for just $50 in the early years of his career.
The acclaimed comedy team gave their final Broadway performance on May 9th, 1885. Fans were heartbroken when they learned the most popular comedy duo on Broadway had gone their separate ways. Tony Hart died six years later at the age of 36. Paresis and advanced syphilis, had caused Ned's comic partner to suffer terribly during his final years. Suffering from dementia, Tony's last years were spent in and out of a state mental institution.
Ned Harrigan continued to delight his fans with new and old routines alike, for many years. The Globe Theatre, Theatre Comique, and his own Harrigan Theatre are the New York venues that are most closely associated with Harrigan.
The legendary George M. Cohan idolized Ned Harrigan, and wrote the popular song, Harrigan, in his honor. It was first heard in the Broadway show Fifty Miles From Boston, just a few years before Ned's death. It became a favorite with barbershop quartettes, and is likely better known to most audiences than the man who inspired it.
Excerpt from the song Harrigan (By George M. Cohan):
"H-A double R I-G-A-N spells Harrigan. Proud of all the Irish blood that's in me. Divel a man that says a word agin me. H-A double R I-G-A-N you see, It's a name that a shame never has been connected with HARRIGAN, That's me!"
Nearly a century after their heyday, a $2 million Broadway musical, Harrigan 'n Hart opened. Directed by Joe Layton, the musical told the story of Ned Harrigan and comedy partner Tony Hart's struggle to rise to the top of late 19th century Broadway theater. Harry Groener portrayed Ned Harrigan, and Mark Hamill (of Star Wars fame) played Tony Hart. The show opened at the renowned Longacre Theater, January 31st, 1985, and closed February 3rd, 1985, after just a handful of performances, and a couple dozen previews. The show was a flop, with the New York Times calling it "dull" and "aimless." Nonetheless, both Harry Groener and Mark Hamill received Drama Desk Award nominations in the Outstanding Actor in a Musical category, for their performances.
Selected stage credits: The Mulligan Guards The Mulligan Guards' Christmas The Mulligan Guard Ball Cordelia's Aspirations Dan's Tribulations The Last of the Hogans The McSorleys Pete The Regular Army O! Reilly and the 400 Squatter Sovereignty Waddy Googan
Selected song credits (as lyricist): The Babies on Our Block The Gallant "69th" I Never Drink behind the Bar Maggie Murphy's Home My Dad's Dinner Pail Paddy Duffy's Cart Singing at the Hallway Door The Skidmore Fancy Ball
Residences of Ned Harrigan: Note that these residences may no longer exist, and it's possible the addresses have changed over the past century. This is not to suggest that Ned Harrigan owned each and every one of these structures. We're only reporting the fact that he called them home at one point or another in his life.
22 Varick Street, New York City, New York, U.S.A. (1876-1877) 26 King Street, New York City, New York, U.S.A. (c. 1877) 30 King Street, New York City, New York, U.S.A. (c. 1878-1881) 14 Perry Street, New York City, New York, U.S.A. (1881-1891) 236 West 44th Street, New York City, New York, U.S.A. (c. 1891-1893) 46 West 68th Street, New York City, New York, U.S.A. (c. 1894-1895) 122 West 113th Street, New York City, New York, U.S.A. (1895) 310 Park Place, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A. (1895-1908) 249 West 102nd Street (just west of Broadway), New York, New York, U.S.A. (1908-1911)
Sources
More than two dozen sources were consulted in preparing this profile. The most in-depth of these was the 1980 biography, Ned Harrigan: From Corlear's Hook to Herald Square, by Richard Moody.
WE CAN ACCEPT PAY PAL ONLY $7 POSTAGE AND INSURANCE WE MAIL OUT THE SAT AFTER PAYMENT
00049
Postage and packaging
Item location: CLEARWATER FL, United States
Dispatches to: Worldwide
Change country:
Postcode:
Postage and packaging
To
Service
Estimated delivery*
US $12.00
United Kingdom
USPS First Class Mail InternationalTM
varies for items dispatched from an international location
*The estimated delivery time is based on the seller's dispatch time, the postal service selected, and when the seller receives cleared payment. Sellers are not responsible for shipping service transit times. Transit times may vary, particularly during peak periods.
Return policy
ONLY IF YOU BUY INSURANCE OR SIGNED RECEIPT
Payment details
Payment method
Preferred/Accepted
Buyer protection on eBay
PayPal Preferred
Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing.
Back to homepage
) 
Print
Report item
