San Francisco Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
San Francisco Minstrels Hall

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
23 August 2018

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

27 Jan 1868, 7:45 PM
28 Jan 1868, 7:45 PM
29 Jan 1868, 7:45 PM
30 Jan 1868, 7:45 PM
31 Jan 1868, 7:45 PM
01 Feb 1868, 7:45 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  San Francisco Minstrels;  Bobby Newcomb;  Billy Birch [minstrel];  David S. Wambold;  William H. [minstrel] Bernard;  Charley Backus;  William Henry [minstrel] Rice
2)
Little Nell and the marchioness, [burlesque]
Participants:  Bobby Newcomb;  Charley Backus
3)
"Casta diva," [minstrel parody]
Participants:  William Henry [minstrel] Rice
4)
Talent on a bust
5)
"Shadows on the wall"
Composer(s): Unknown composer

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 26 January 1868.
2)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 01 February 1868, 343.
3)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 01 February 1868, 342.

“The San Francisco Minstrels are numbered among the most attractive and pleasing attractions in the city . . . . A host of good things are announced for this week, including an act called ‘Little Nell and the Marchioness’ in which Bobby Newcomb will play Little Nell, and Backus, Grandfather Dickens.”