Sam Sharpley’s Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
San Francisco Minstrels Hall

Price: $.50; $.75 reserved; $.25 gallery

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
4 May 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

03 Jun 1872, Evening
04 Jun 1872, Evening
05 Jun 1872, Evening
06 Jun 1872, Evening
06 Jun 1872, 2:30 PM
07 Jun 1872, Evening
08 Jun 1872, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: Sam Sharpley's Minstrels; Delehanty and Hengler [minstrels]; Carl [minstrel] Rudolph; Charley White; Samuel M. Sharpley; William Henry [minstrel] Rice; Monroe Dempster [minstrel tenor]; Theodore [minstrel] Jackson; Harry [comedian] Macarthy; James W. [minstrel bass] Lamont; Nelse Seymour; C. S. [minstrel baritone] Fredericks; Charles Henry [minstrel tenor]

2)

Ernani, chorus

Composer(s): Verdi

3)

"Mollie darling"

aka Molly darling; Molly dancing; Don't go, Mollie darling

Composer(s): Hays

Text Author: Hays

Participants: Charles Henry [minstrel tenor]

4)

"Gray hairs of my mother, The"

aka Grey hairs of my mother

Composer(s): Bishop

Text Author: Cooper [comp-lyricist]

Participants: Carl [minstrel] Rudolph

5)

aka Girl with the Dolly Varden on

Composer(s): Howard

Participants: Nelse Seymour

6)

Who’s dot knocking on the outhouse gade?

aka Who's that knocking on the outhouse gate?

Participants: C. S. [minstrel baritone] Fredericks

7)

"Cruel Mary Holder"

Composer(s): Lloyd

Participants: Samuel M. Sharpley

8)

Composer(s): Unknown composer

Participants: Monroe Dempster [minstrel tenor]

Citations

1)

Advertisement: New-York Times, 02 June 1872, 7.

2)

Announcement: New York Clipper, 15 June 1872, 86.