San Francisco Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
San Francisco Minstrels Hall

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
9 January 2019

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

19 Oct 1868, 8:00 PM
20 Oct 1868, 8:00 PM
21 Oct 1868, 8:00 PM
22 Oct 1868, 8:00 PM
23 Oct 1868, 8:00 PM
24 Oct 1868, 8:00 PM

Program Details

First appearance of Harry Leslie, the Californian comedian.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  San Francisco Minstrels;  Harry [dancer] Leslie;  Harry [comedian] Raynor;  Billy Birch [minstrel];  David S. Wambold;  William H. [minstrel] Bernard;  Charley Backus
2)
Barber Brown; or, The Pacific sloper
3)
Oh! Kiss me again
Composer(s): Wilson
Participants:  David S. Wambold

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 18 October 1868.
2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 19 October 1868, 3.
3)
Announcement: New-York Times, 19 October 1868, 5.
4)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 23 October 1868, 4.
5)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 24 October 1868, 230.
6)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 24 October 1868, 231.
7)
Review: New York Clipper, 31 October 1868, 238.

“The San Francisco Minstrels are giving one of the best entertainments in the burnt cork line that has been witnessed in this city for a long time, and their hall is largely attended every evening. The performers work well together and the result is that what they do gains favor with their audiences. The quintet is an excellent one and it would be a matter of no small difficulty to find three such voices as those of Wambold, Scott and Templeton. The singing of ‘Oh! Kiss Me Again,’ by Mr. Wambold, was a musical treat seldom enjoyed. The sympathetic characters of the singer’s voice added greatly to the pathos and sweetness of the song itself.”