Georgia Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Lina Edwin's Theatre

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
10 February 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

01 Jul 1872, Evening
02 Jul 1872, Evening
03 Jul 1872, Matinee
03 Jul 1872, Evening
04 Jul 1872, Evening
05 Jul 1872, Evening
06 Jul 1872, Matinee
06 Jul 1872, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Georgia Minstrels;  Dick [banjo player] Little;  [minstrel singer] Drewette;  L. [minstrel vocalist] Pierson;  Bob [minstrel] Height;  Billy [minstrel] Kersands;  Pete Devonear
2)
"In her little bed we laid her"
Composer(s): White
Text Author: Smith
3)
"Lost on the stone wall"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  L. [minstrel vocalist] Pierson
4)
"Susan Jane"
aka Goodbye Susan Jane; Good bye Susan Jane
Composer(s): Thomas
Participants:  Pete Devonear
5)
"Out on the levee"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Bob [minstrel] Height
6)
"Mother take me home again"
Composer(s): White
Text Author: Smith
Participants:  Dick [banjo player] Little
7)
Operatic burlesque
Participants:  [minstrel singer] Drewette
8)
Pompey's blunders
aka Pompey's blunders!; Pomp's blunders
9)
Moving in a hurry
10)
Banjo solos [during minstrel shows]
Participants:  Dick [banjo player] Little
11)
Among the sugar cane

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 30 June 1872, 7.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 13 July 1872, 118.

“Bob Height re-appeared with the Georgia Minstrels during the past week, and his comicalities infused fresh life into the entertainments.” Season closed July 6.