Wood's Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Wood's Minstrel Hall

Price: $.25

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
23 June 2014

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

29 Sep 1862, 7:45 PM
30 Sep 1862, 7:45 PM
01 Oct 1862, 7:45 PM
02 Oct 1862, 7:45 PM
03 Oct 1862, 7:45 PM
04 Oct 1862, 7:45 PM

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Wood's Minstrels;  Edward [minstrel] Haslam;  Raffaelle Abecco;  Charles Henry [minstrel tenor];  Henry Percy;  James W. [minstrel] Glenn;  P. B. Isaacs;  M. Lewis [minstrel];  Eph Horn;  James Garatagua;  Charley [minstrel] Fox;  Frank Brower;  H. Schwicardi;  Cool White [minstrel];  E. H. Florence
2)
Bloodless duel, The
3)
"Traitor’s fate, The"
4)
Shakers, The
5)
Let her go
6)
Stranger, The, [minstrel parody]
aka Strangers

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Herald, 29 September 1862, 5.
“The attendance at [Wood’s] is as fashionable as that at any theatre in the city.”
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 29 September 1862, 7.
3)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 04 October 1862.
Performers
4)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 04 October 1862, 198-199.
Mentions that Eph Horn used to be in Bryant’s. “[O]ne of the best minstrel companies ever organized, and located in one of the prettiest halls in the country . . . doing a splendid business.” Also mentions in a separate section: “Mrs. Cool White, formerly Mrs. W.M. Foster, the well known actress, will soon make her reappearance.” K: Business of music
5)
Review: New York Clipper, 11 October 1862, 207.
“The ladies are great patrons of Wood’s Minstrel Hall, its elegance and convenient arrangements having especially won their approbation. As for the performances, well, they are unexceptionable in matter and manner. . . . The way they burlesque ‘Othello’ is a caution to Shakespeare.”