Kelly and Leon’s Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Lina Edwin's Theatre

Manager / Director:
C. P. [manager] Kendall

Conductor(s):
F. [conductor] Zulig

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
1 September 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

11 Sep 1871, Evening
12 Sep 1871, Evening
13 Sep 1871, Evening
14 Sep 1871, Evening
15 Sep 1871, Evening
16 Sep 1871, Evening
16 Sep 1871, 2:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Kelly and Leon’s Minstrels;  Francis Leon;  Edwin Kelly;  Dave [minstrel] Wilson;  Charles [Swiss warbler] Storme;  Billy Rice
2)
"I will be true to thee"
aka Then I'll be true to thee
Composer(s): Foster
Text Author: Foster
3)
"Everything, anything, nothing"
aka Everything anything nothing
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Dave [minstrel] Wilson
4)
"Mother take me home again"
Composer(s): White
Text Author: Smith
Participants:  Edwin Kelly
5)
"If ever I cease to love"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Billy Rice
6)
"Swiss girl's dream, The"
Composer(s): Blockley
Participants:  Charles [Swiss warbler] Storme
7)
Carry the news to Mary, [plantation scene]
aka Carry de news
8)
Dime novel, A, [burlesque]
Text Author: Kelly

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 10 September 1871, 8.
2)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 23 September 1871, 198.