San Francisco Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
San Francisco Minstrels Hall

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
21 May 2018

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

28 Sep 1868, 8:00 PM
29 Sep 1868, 8:00 PM
30 Sep 1868, 8:00 PM
01 Oct 1868, 8:00 PM
02 Oct 1868, 8:00 PM
03 Oct 1868, 8:00 PM

Program Details

The performance concluded at 10 pm.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  San Francisco Minstrels;  Billy Birch [minstrel];  David S. Wambold;  William H. [minstrel] Bernard;  Charley Backus
2)
Barber Brown; or, The Pacific sloper

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 27 September 1868.
2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 28 September 1868, 4.

“The original burlesque of the ‘Barber Brown’ continues to convulse with laughter the large audiences that nightly throng the hall of the San Francisco Minstrels. The first part of their entertainment has also undergone a change.”

3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 28 September 1868, 9.
4)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 03 October 1868, 207.