San Francisco Minstrels

Event Information

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

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
10 May 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

09 Sep 1872, Evening
10 Sep 1872, Evening
11 Sep 1872, Evening
12 Sep 1872, Evening
13 Sep 1872, Evening
14 Sep 1872, Evening
14 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;  Billy [Ethiopian comedian] Emmett;  C. S. [minstrel baritone] Fredericks;  Joseph Norris;  Beaumont Read
2)
"Mollie darling"
aka Molly darling; Molly dancing; Don't go, Mollie darling
Composer(s): Hays
Text Author: Hays
Participants:  C. S. [minstrel baritone] Fredericks
3)
"Dolly Varden"
aka Girl with the Dolly Varden on
Composer(s): Howard
Participants:  Charley Backus
4)
Little Daisy
Text Author: Williams
Participants:  David S. Wambold
5)
"Old Grimes' cellar door"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Billy Birch [minstrel]
6)
"Mother, bear me to the window"
aka Mother bear me to the window
Composer(s): Bayman
Text Author: Bayman
Participants:  Beaumont Read
7)
Laughing gas
aka Dr. Colton's laughing gas
8)
Broadway milliners, The

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 08 September 1872, 8.
2)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 21 September 1872, 198.