San Francisco Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
San Francisco Minstrels Hall

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
19 February 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

21 Oct 1867, 8:00 PM
22 Oct 1867, 8:00 PM
23 Oct 1867, 8:00 PM
24 Oct 1867, 8:00 PM
25 Oct 1867, 8:00 PM
26 Oct 1867, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: San Francisco Minstrels; Bobby Newcomb; Billy Birch [minstrel]; David S. Wambold; William H. [minstrel] Bernard; Charley Backus

2)

Medea, [burlesque]

3)

How is it done?

aka How it is done; Great London illusion

4)

Trouble at the Metropolitan Hotel

aka Troubles at the Metropolitan Hotel

5)

Imitations of actors

aka Imitations of famous actors; Imitations of popular actors; Limitations of great actors; Parlor theatricals

6)

Broadway stages

Citations

1)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 20 October 1867.

2)

Announcement: New York Clipper, 26 October 1867, 230.

“The San Francisco Minstrels, are doing a hefty business, as they say in French, and Bobby Newcombe, the new comer, has made a hit in his specialties. If you would have a good seat, it is just as necessary to be on hand early at this hall, as it is to obey the first summons of the dinner bell at a cheap boarding house.”