San Francisco Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
San Francisco Minstrels Hall

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
2 July 2019

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

30 Nov 1868, 7:45 PM
01 Dec 1868, 7:45 PM
02 Dec 1868, 7:45 PM
03 Dec 1868, 7:45 PM
04 Dec 1868, 7:45 PM
05 Dec 1868, 7:45 PM

Program Details

First appearance of comedian Billy Emmett.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  San Francisco Minstrels;  Billy [Ethiopian comedian] Emmett;  Billy Birch [minstrel];  David S. Wambold;  William H. [minstrel] Bernard;  Charley Backus
2)
Barber Brown; or, The Pacific sloper

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 29 November 1868.
2)
Review: New York Herald, 30 November 1868, 5.

“The San Francisco Minstrels wind up this week with “Barber Brown,” which will be substituted by an Ethiopian opera, “Bone Squash Diabolo.” The title is sufficient.”

3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 30 November 1868, 7.
4)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 01 December 1868, 8.
5)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 05 December 1868, 278, 2d col., middle .

“The San Francisco Minstrels continue their performances with considerable success, seldom if ever sending home their audiences but in the best of good humor.”

6)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 05 December 1868, 278, 3d col., middle.

Dangerous illness of W. H. Rick’s sister in Pennsylvania.

7)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 05 December 1868, 279.
8)
Review: New York Clipper, 12 December 1868, 286, 3d col., bottom.

Brief: “BILLY EMMETT put in an appearance last week in burlesque ballads and made a favorable impression. He is a good performer for the olio.”