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:
12 August 2010

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

01 Dec 1862, 7:30 PM
02 Dec 1862, 7:30 PM
03 Dec 1862, 7:30 PM
04 Dec 1862, 7:30 PM
05 Dec 1862, 7:30 PM
06 Dec 1862, 7:30 PM

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Wood's Minstrels;  R. C. B. Isaacs;  E. H. Florence;  Edward [minstrel] Haslam;  C. J . [minstrel] Lockwood;  Charles Henry [minstrel tenor];  James W. [minstrel] Glenn;  P. B. Isaacs;  J. Leis;  M. Lewis [minstrel];  Eph Horn;  James Garatagua;  Charley [minstrel] Fox;  Frank B. Converse;  Frank Brower;  Cool White [minstrel];  H. Schwicardi
2)
Othello, [burlesque]
aka Dar’s de money
Participants:  Eph Horn (role: Desdemona);  Frank Brower (role: Othello)
3)
"Distinguished arrival"
4)
Smiggy McGlural
aka Smiggy McGhural; Smiggy McGuirrel
5)
Jullien burlesque, The
aka Julien burlesque; Julian burlesque; Monster Jullien concert
6)
"Voyage musicale"
7)
"Flat foot Jake"
8)
Our African cousins
aka African cousins

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Herald, 01 December 1862, 5.
“Wood’s elegant little theatre . . . is crowded nightly. On dit that, since Grau will stop playing ‘Dinorah’ after this evening, Wood’s Minstrels will soon present it to the public in unequalled style.”
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 01 December 1862, 7.
3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 06 December 1862, 7.