San Francisco Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
San Francisco Minstrels Hall

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
1 March 2019

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

15 Mar 1869, 8:00 PM
16 Mar 1869, 8:00 PM
17 Mar 1869, 8:00 PM
18 Mar 1869, 8:00 PM
19 Mar 1869, 8:00 PM
20 Mar 1869, 8:00 PM

Program Details

The advertisements read: "THE SIEGE OF BLONDES; Or, '"TIS SWEET FOR OUR COUNTRY TO DYE!"' Previous to which A GLORIOUS FIRST PART AND A ROARING INTERLUDE." No further details provided about this prelude.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  San Francisco Minstrels;  Billy Birch [minstrel];  David S. Wambold;  William H. [minstrel] Bernard;  Charley Backus
2)
Siege of the blondes, The; or, Tis sweet for our country to dye

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 15 March 1869, 7.
2)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 17 March 1869, 5.

Brief. “The ‘trouble’ is advertised to commence at the San Francisco Minstrel Hall this evening at 8 o’clock. The ‘Siege of the Blondes’ takes’ [sic].”

3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 20 March 1869, 11.