San Francisco Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
San Francisco Minstrels Hall

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
12 May 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

19 Dec 1870, Evening
20 Dec 1870, Evening
21 Dec 1870, Evening
22 Dec 1870, Evening
23 Dec 1870, Evening
24 Dec 1870, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  San Francisco Minstrels;  Rollin Howard;  Billy Birch [minstrel];  David S. Wambold;  William H. [minstrel] Bernard;  Charley Backus;  Johnny [Ethiopian comedian] Queen;  Billy West
2)
"Morning glories, The"
aka Two morning glories
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Johnny [Ethiopian comedian] Queen;  Billy West
3)
"Flirting through the vines"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Rollin Howard
4)
"Soda and B-Moet and Shandon"
aka Moet and Chandon
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Rollin Howard
5)
Strolling players
Participants:  Billy Birch [minstrel];  Charley Backus
6)
Street sweeper
Participants:  Johnny [Ethiopian comedian] Queen
7)
Brigands, Les, [burlesque]

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 18 December 1870, 9.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 31 December 1870, 310.

“The performance concluded with a burlesque upon the opera bouffe of the ‘Brigands,’ which was well arranged and sung. Rollin Howard as the brigand queen was gorgeously costumed and with becoming taste. He sang the music allotted him with artistic skill. D. S. Wambold was effective as the Brigand Chief. The whispering and laughing choruses were, of course, introduced and received due recognition from the audience. The soldiers, headed by the portly Mr. Bernard, were comical.”