Kelly and Leon’s Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Kelly and Leon's Minstrels Hall (8/70 and later)

Price: $.50

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
1 January 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

26 Sep 1870, Evening
27 Sep 1870, Evening
28 Sep 1870, Evening
29 Sep 1870, Evening
30 Sep 1870, Evening
01 Oct 1870, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Kelly and Leon’s Minstrels;  Francis Leon;  Edwin Kelly;  Sam Price [minstrel];  Dave [minstrel] Wilson;  Wyndham Clark;  Sam S. [Ethiopian comedian] Purdy
2)
Bruised and cured
Participants:  Sam S. [Ethiopian comedian] Purdy;  Dave [minstrel] Wilson
3)
Babies of the period, The
Participants:  Francis Leon (role: Lucy Smith);  Edwin Kelly (role: Henry Clifton Pickles)
4)
Man and wife, [burlesque]
Participants:  Francis Leon;  Edwin Kelly
5)
Haunted house, The, [minstrel sketch]
aka Echo
Participants:  Sam Price [minstrel]
6)
Sweetest of Williams, the street singer
Participants:  Francis Leon

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 25 September 1870, 8.
2)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 01 October 1870, 206.