San Francisco Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
San Francisco Minstrels Hall

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
16 August 2018

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

13 Jan 1868, Evening
14 Jan 1868, Evening
15 Jan 1868, Evening
16 Jan 1868, Evening
17 Jan 1868, Evening
18 Jan 1868, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  San Francisco Minstrels;  Charley Backus;  James H. [minstrel song and dance] Cooper;  William [minstrel song and dance] Fields;  William Henry [minstrel] Rice;  Bobby Newcomb;  Billy Birch [minstrel];  David S. Wambold;  William H. [minstrel] Bernard
2)
Imitation of Charles Dickens
Participants:  Charley Backus
3)
Song, unidentified
aka New song
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  David S. Wambold
4)
Operatic gems
Participants:  William Henry [minstrel] Rice
5)
Song and dance
Participants:  Bobby Newcomb
6)
Clog dance
aka Clog reel
Participants:  James H. [minstrel song and dance] Cooper;  William [minstrel song and dance] Fields
7)
White hawk
8)
Aerial flights
aka Aeriel flights; Three flying men of the air; Aerial promenade; or, The reversible traveler; Flying man, The
9)
Pretty octoroon, The

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 14 January 1868.
2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 16 January 1868, 8.
3)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 24 January 1868, 335.