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:
18 December 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

12 Feb 1872, Evening
13 Feb 1872, Evening
14 Feb 1872, Evening
15 Feb 1872, Evening
16 Feb 1872, Evening
17 Feb 1872, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  San Francisco Minstrels;  John F. Oberist;  E. [minstrel tenor] Markham;  Bobby Newcomb;  Billy Birch [minstrel];  David S. Wambold;  William H. [minstrel] Bernard;  Charley Backus;  Charles Templeton
2)
"Come again happy days"
Composer(s): Thomas
Text Author: Cooper [comp-lyricist]
Participants:  Charles Templeton
3)
Tyrolean song
Participants:  John F. Oberist
4)
"Uncle Mumphy's rocky road"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Charley Backus
5)
"Mollie darling"
aka Molly darling; Molly dancing; Don't go, Mollie darling
Composer(s): Hays
Text Author: Hays
Participants:  David S. Wambold
6)
"Menagerie"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Billy Birch [minstrel]
7)
I am waiting, my darling, for thee
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  E. [minstrel tenor] Markham
8)
"Hot round"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
9)
"Big sun flower, The"
aka Big sunflower, The
Composer(s): Newcomb
Text Author: Newcomb
Participants:  Bobby Newcomb
10)
Fox and goose
11)
Hamlet, [burlesque (Unknown author)]
Text Author: Unknown playwright
12)
Two dromios, The

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 11 February 1872, 9.
2)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 24 February 1872, 374.

"The average attendance was fair."