Jack Langrishe

John S. "Jack" Langrishe (died December 12, 1895) , popularly known as the "Comedian of the Frontier", was an actor and impresario who travelled extensively throughout the American West. Jack S. Langrishe, sometimes noted as John, arrived with his wife Jeannette and their Company, to Deadwood, South Dakota July 15, 1876. Mr. Langrishe along with treasurer and troupe manager Jonas Hellawell, leased the McDaniels Theatre July 22, 1876 from Cheyenne, Wyoming theatre manager James McDaniels, who constructed the first theatre in Deadwood. The Langrishe Theatre’s first production was "Trodden Down" July 29, 1876. The Langrishe Theatre provided facilities for the Jack McCall murder trial, the man accused in the death of Wild Bill Hickok, the...