San Francisco Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
San Francisco Minstrels Hall

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
25 January 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

06 May 1867, 8:00 PM
07 May 1867, 8:00 PM
08 May 1867, 8:00 PM
09 May 1867, 8:00 PM
10 May 1867, 8:00 PM
11 May 1867, 8:00 PM

Program Details

All Right performs with his trained cat.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  San Francisco Minstrels;  African ballet troupe;  Leslie Chase (Lew) [minstrel] Brimmer;   All Right;  Billy Birch [minstrel];  David S. Wambold;  William H. [minstrel] Bernard;  Charley Backus
2)
Imperial Japanese Troupe, [burlesque]
aka Japanese burlesque
Participants:   All Right
3)
Talent on a bust
4)
Adel Greasy and Norma on a lark
aka Norma and Greasy on a lark
5)
"My pretty little Sarah"
6)
Black cook, The, [COOK--no R; this is the ballet, not the play at Niblo's!]
aka Greasy black cook; Screaming black cook, The; Screaming black crook; Little crooks
Participants:  African ballet troupe
7)
Flying scuds, [burlesque]

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 06 May 1867, 7.
2)
Review: New York Herald, 10 May 1867, 7.

“Birch, Wambold, Bernard, and Backus continue to cater successfully for the public; and the neat little hall in which they and their troupe nightly perform continues to be crowded by fashionable audiences.  The performance last evening was in every respect good.  The first part of the programme comprises some very sweet ballads, one sung by D. S. Wambold, and another by C. Templeton being the gems.  The second part is full of very laughable burnt cork extravaganzas and excellent terpsichorean exercises.”

3)
Review: New York Clipper, 11 May 1867, 38, col. 3, top.

“As well as the San Francisco Minstrels perform the balance of their programmes we can compliment them heartily upon the thorough manner in which they equip their burlesques.  The songs, burlesques and single acts embrace some of the best found in minstrelsy.”

4)
Review: New York Clipper, 18 May 1867, 46.

No mention of music.