San Francisco Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
San Francisco Minstrels Hall

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
22 August 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

13 Mar 1871, Evening
14 Mar 1871, Evening
15 Mar 1871, Evening
16 Mar 1871, Evening
17 Mar 1871, Evening
18 Mar 1871, Evening
18 Mar 1871, 2:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: San Francisco Minstrels; 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; Charley Backus; Charles Templeton

2)

"Please buy my last paper"

Composer(s): Catlin

Text Author: Stoute

Participants: William [minstrel tenor] Dwyer

3)

"Cavalier at the ball, The"

Composer(s): Howard

Participants: Rollin Howard

4)

Othello and Macbeth

Participants: Billy Birch [minstrel]; Charley Backus

5)

6)

Brigands, Les, [burlesque]

Citations

1)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 12 March 1871, 4.

2)

Announcement: New York Clipper, 25 March 1871, 406.