San Francisco Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
San Francisco Minstrels Hall

Conductor(s):
John B. Donniker

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
3 November 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

25 Dec 1871, Matinee
25 Dec 1871, Evening
26 Dec 1871, Evening
27 Dec 1871, Evening
28 Dec 1871, Evening
29 Dec 1871, Evening
30 Dec 1871, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  San Francisco Minstrels;  Bobby Newcomb;  Billy Birch [minstrel];  David S. Wambold;  William H. [minstrel] Bernard;  Charley Backus;  Edward J. Kennedy [dancer];  Joseph Cheever;  Charles [minstrel] Gibbons
2)
Bertha, the sewing machine girl, [minstrel sketch]
aka Bertha; or, The sewing girl
3)
Good boys; or, The children of the period
4)
"Mollie darling"
aka Molly darling; Molly dancing; Don't go, Mollie darling
Composer(s): Hays
Text Author: Hays
Participants:  David S. Wambold
5)
"Kome and kiss me"
aka Come and kiss me; Kum and kiss me
Composer(s): Delehanty
Text Author: Delehanty
6)
Johnny and Jimmy’s jigs
aka Christmas carols
Participants:  Billy Birch [minstrel];  Charley Backus

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 24 December 1871, 2.
2)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 06 January 1872, 318.