San Francisco Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
San Francisco Minstrels Hall

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
18 August 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

02 Jan 1871, Evening
03 Jan 1871, Evening
04 Jan 1871, Evening
05 Jan 1871, Evening
06 Jan 1871, Evening
07 Jan 1871, Evening
07 Jan 1871, 2:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  San Francisco Minstrels;  Charley Backus;  Charles Templeton;  Billy [Ethiopian comedian] Emmett;  John F. Oberist;  Johnny [Ethiopian comedian] Queen;  Billy West;  Rollin Howard;  William [minstrel tenor] Dwyer;  Billy Birch [minstrel];  David S. Wambold;  William H. [minstrel] Bernard
2)
"Come sit by my side, little darling"
Composer(s): Wambold
Text Author: Rexford
Participants:  David S. Wambold
3)
Carry the news to Mary, [plantation scene]
aka Carry de news
Participants:  Charley Backus
4)
"Coming from the matinee"
Composer(s): Fuller
Text Author: Cooper [comp-lyricist]
Participants:  Rollin Howard
5)
Brigands, Les, [burlesque]
6)
Carrineers’ march to hash
7)
Duel on horseback

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 01 January 1871, 11.
2)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 14 January 1871, 326.