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: Nelse Seymour; Charles Henry [minstrel tenor]; James W. [minstrel] Glenn; P. B. Isaacs; J. Leis; M. Lewis [minstrel]; James Garatagua; Charley [minstrel] Fox; H. Schwicardi; Cool White [minstrel]; C. J . [minstrel] Lockwood; R. C. B. Isaacs; Master Richard Coker; Edward [minstrel] Haslam

2)

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.