Wood's Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Wood's Minstrel Hall

Price: $.25

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
30 July 2010

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

18 May 1863, 8:00 PM
19 May 1863, 8:00 PM
20 May 1863, 8:00 PM
21 May 1863, 8:00 PM
22 May 1863, 8:00 PM
23 May 1863, 8:00 PM

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  James Garatagua;  Charley [minstrel] Fox;  H. Schwicardi;  Cool White [minstrel];  C. J . [minstrel] Lockwood;  R. C. B. Isaacs;  Master Richard Coker;  Edward [minstrel] Haslam;  Nelse Seymour;  Charles Henry [minstrel tenor];  James W. [minstrel] Glenn;  P. B. Isaacs;  J. Leis;  M. Lewis [minstrel]
2)
Ballads
aka Favorite ballads ; Ballads and warblings; Beautiful ballads
3)
Wandering minstrels, The, [minstrel]
4)
Othello, [burlesque]
aka Dar’s de money
5)
Running the blockade
aka Blockade runner
6)
Four crows, The
7)
"Winter sports"
8)
Railroad explosion, The

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 18 May 1863, 7.

“The best ventilated hall in the city . . . another powerful bill by the great star troupe of the world. . . . No connection with any traveling company assuming the name of Wood’s Minstrels.”

2)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 23 May 1863, 48.
3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 23 May 1863, 1.