San Francisco Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
St. James Theatre (1870-73)

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
7 May 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

02 Sep 1872, Evening
03 Sep 1872, Evening
04 Sep 1872, Evening
05 Sep 1872, Evening
06 Sep 1872, Evening
07 Sep 1872, Evening
07 Sep 1872, 2:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  San Francisco Minstrels;  Johnson and Powers [minstrel];  Mullaly's Orchestra;  Billy Birch [minstrel];  David S. Wambold;  Charley Backus;  C. S. [minstrel baritone] Fredericks;  Joseph Norris;  Beaumont Read
2)
"Meet with a kiss"
aka Meet me with a kiss
Composer(s): Eastburn
Participants:  C. S. [minstrel baritone] Fredericks
3)
"Day when you'll forget me"
Composer(s): Thomas
Participants:  David S. Wambold
4)
"Old Grimes' cellar door"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Billy Birch [minstrel]

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 01 September 1872, 8.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 14 September 1872, 190.

“The attendance was kept fully up to the standard of the opening.”