San Francisco Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
San Francisco Minstrels Hall

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
23 June 2017

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

17 Feb 1868, Evening
18 Feb 1868, Evening
19 Feb 1868, Evening
20 Feb 1868, Evening
21 Feb 1868, Evening
22 Feb 1868, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  San Francisco Minstrels;  Sorrel Sisters;  Billy Birch [minstrel];  David S. Wambold;  William H. [minstrel] Bernard;  Charley Backus
2)
Under the kerosene lamp

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 15 February 1868, 358.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 16 February 1868.
3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 16 February 1868.
4)
Review: New York Herald, 19 February 1868, 3.

“Amusements. San Francisco Minstrels.—Birch Wambold, Bernard and Backus have a new dramatis, named August Weekly, to furnish them with side-splitting burlesques. His latest effort is called ‘Under the Kerosene Lamp,’ and the celebrated Lorrell [sic] Sisters are in the cast. The express train in the piece is run on the high pressure principle of fun and causes the audience to burst with laughter every night.”

5)
Review: New York Clipper, 22 February 1868, 366.

“‘Under the Kerosene Lamp,’ produced at the San Francisco Minstrel Hall the past week, is continued for the current week. It is a very laughable burlesque on ‘Under the Gaslight.’ Containing, as it does, the salient features of the drama. The railroad scene is capitally taken off by the Frisco boys, and taken altogether, the burlesque is full of fun, and keeps the audience in the best of good humor.”

6)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 22 February 1868, 366.

“It is a very laughable burlesque on ‘Under the Gaslight,’ containing, as it does, the salient features of the drama.”