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:
17 May 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

03 Oct 1870, Evening
04 Oct 1870, Evening
05 Oct 1870, Evening
06 Oct 1870, Evening
07 Oct 1870, Evening
08 Oct 1870, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Kelly and Leon’s Minstrels;  Sam S. [Ethiopian comedian] Purdy;  Francis Leon;  Edwin Kelly;  Sam Price [minstrel];  Master Clarence Burton;  Dave [minstrel] Wilson;  Wyndham Clark
2)
Man and wife, [burlesque]
Participants:  Francis Leon;  Edwin Kelly
3)
Sweetest of Williams, the street singer
4)
Bone solo
aka bones solo
Participants:  Dave [minstrel] Wilson
5)
"I'll see you again"
Participants:  Master Clarence Burton
6)
Bruised and cured
Participants:  Sam S. [Ethiopian comedian] Purdy;  Dave [minstrel] Wilson
7)
Stop that laughing
Participants:  Edwin Kelly (role: Dr. Cuthbert)

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 02 October 1870, 8.
2)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 03 October 1870, 214.