San Francisco Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
San Francisco Minstrels Hall

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
15 August 2018

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

06 Jan 1868, 7:45 PM
07 Jan 1868, 7:45 PM
08 Jan 1868, 7:45 PM
09 Jan 1868, 7:45 PM
10 Jan 1868, 7:45 PM
11 Jan 1868, 7:45 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  San Francisco Minstrels;  Bobby Newcomb;  George S. Fowler [minstrel];  William P. Grier [minstrel];  Billy Birch [minstrel];  David S. Wambold;  William H. [minstrel] Bernard;  Charley Backus;  Charles Templeton;  John B. Donniker;  J. H. [cornetist] Williams
2)
Trouble at the Metropolitan Hotel
aka Troubles at the Metropolitan Hotel
Participants:  Billy Birch [minstrel]
3)
Imitation of Charles Dickens
Participants:  Charley Backus
4)
"My darling dwells over the sea"
Composer(s): North
Text Author: Martling
Participants:  David S. Wambold
5)
Historical reminiscences
Participants:  William H. [minstrel] Bernard
6)
Song and dance
Participants:  Bobby Newcomb
7)
Love’s rambles; or, Cupid's fall
aka Gambambles
Participants:  George S. Fowler [minstrel];  William P. Grier [minstrel];  Charles Templeton;  John B. Donniker;  J. H. [cornetist] Williams

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 05 January 1868.
2)
Review: New York Herald, 08 January 1868, 7.

“San Francisco Minstrels.—Backus gives an imitation of Dickens as a reader this week, which some prefer to the original. It is more funny and less tiresome, at all events.”  

3)
Announcement: New York Herald, 08 January 1868, 7.
4)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 11 January 1868, 318.