Wood's Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Wood's Minstrel Hall

Proprietor / Lessee:
Henry Wood [minstrel]

Price: $.25

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
25 September 2013

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

06 Apr 1863, 8:00 PM
07 Apr 1863, 8:00 PM
08 Apr 1863, 8:00 PM
09 Apr 1863, 8:00 PM
10 Apr 1863, 8:00 PM
11 Apr 1863, 8:00 PM

Program Details



There is a portrait of Frank Brower in the NYC, p.6.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Edward [minstrel] Haslam;  Nelse Seymour;  Charles Henry [minstrel tenor];  James W. [minstrel] Glenn;  P. B. Isaacs;  J. Leis;  M. Lewis [minstrel];  Charley [minstrel] Fox;  James Garatagua;  Frank Brower;  H. Schwicardi;  Cool White [minstrel];  C. J . [minstrel] Lockwood;  R. C. B. Isaacs
2)
"Gobble Family, The"
aka My grandfather's farm yard
Composer(s): Kirbye
3)
Handy Andy, [minstrel]
4)
Blacksmith's jubilee
aka Blacksmith jubilee
5)
Four crows, The
6)
"Perche equipoise, La"
aka The Perche Equipoise; La perche
7)
Broadway belle, The
8)
Othello, [burlesque]
aka Dar’s de money
9)
"Land of freedom"
aka I ain't got time to tarry
Composer(s): Emmett
Participants:  Wood's Minstrels

Citations

1)
Review: New York Clipper, 18 March 1863, 3.

“The fine weather of last week attracted large numbers of ladies and their attendants to see and hear Wood’s Minstrels.”

K: Audience; Gender
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 06 April 1863, 7.

3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 11 April 1863, 9.

4)
Announcement: New York Post, 11 April 1863, 2.