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)

16 Sep 1872, 8:00 PM
17 Sep 1872, 8:00 PM
18 Sep 1872, 8:00 PM
19 Sep 1872, 8:00 PM
20 Sep 1872, 8:00 PM
21 Sep 1872, 2:00 PM
21 Sep 1872, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  San Francisco Minstrels;  Billy Birch [minstrel];  David S. Wambold;  Charley Backus;  George W. [minstrel] Charles;  Beaumont Read
2)
"Darling little Daisy"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  David S. Wambold
3)
"Hunkee doree"
aka Hunkey doree
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Billy Birch [minstrel]
4)
"Please give me a penny"
Composer(s): Seibert
Text Author: Seibert
Participants:  Beaumont Read
5)
I am here, [stump speech, San Francisco Minstrels]
Participants:  Billy Birch [minstrel]
6)
Wanted, a nurse
aka Wanted a nurse
Participants:  Charley Backus
7)
Broadway milliners, The

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 15 September 1872, 7.
2)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 28 September 1872, 206.