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:
30 May 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

10 Oct 1870, Evening
11 Oct 1870, Evening
12 Oct 1870, Evening
13 Oct 1870, Evening
14 Oct 1870, Evening
15 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;  Master Clarence Burton;  Dave [minstrel] Wilson
2)
"Leaf by leaf the roses fall"
Composer(s): Buckley
Participants:  Edwin Kelly
3)
"Felix McCarty"
Participants:  Dave [minstrel] Wilson
4)
"Put me in my little bed"
aka Little sweetheart come kiss me; Kiss me good night
Composer(s): White
Text Author: Smith
5)
"Cliquot"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Francis Leon
6)
"All among the hay"
aka All amongst the hay
Composer(s): Williams
Text Author: Markham
Participants:  Francis Leon
7)
Worse than a leech
8)
"I'll see you again"
Participants:  Master Clarence Burton
9)
Nilsson concert burlesque
aka Kneelson concert; Nilsson prima donna burlesque; Neil’s son in opera; Nilsson the black nightingale
10)
Bruised and cured
Participants:  Sam S. [Ethiopian comedian] Purdy;  Dave [minstrel] Wilson
11)
Stop that laughing

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 09 October 1870, 8.
2)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 15 October 1870, 222.
3)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 22 October 1870, 230.