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; 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; Bobby Newcomb; George S. Fowler [minstrel]

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)

Participants: Bobby Newcomb

7)

Love’s rambles; or, Cupid's fall

aka Gambambles

Participants: Charles Templeton; John B. Donniker; J. H. [cornetist] Williams; George S. Fowler [minstrel]; William P. Grier [minstrel]

Citations

1)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 05 January 1868.

2)

Announcement: New York Herald, 08 January 1868, 7.

3)

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.”

4)

Announcement: New York Clipper, 11 January 1868, 318.