California Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Lina Edwin's Theatre

Proprietor / Lessee:
Billy Emerson
Thomas [manager] Maguire

Manager / Director:
Billy Emerson
Thomas [manager] Maguire

Conductor(s):
John S. [minstrel] Cox

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
10 May 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

23 Sep 1872, Evening
24 Sep 1872, Evening
25 Sep 1872, Evening
26 Sep 1872, Evening
27 Sep 1872, Evening
28 Sep 1872, Matinee
28 Sep 1872, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Sheridan and Mack [clog dancers];  Emerson's California Minstrels;  A. J. Talbot;  J.A. Palmer;  Billy Emerson;  Harry [banjo player] Stanwood;  Charles [minstrel] Heywood;  John [minstrel] Frazer;  Sam [minstrel tenor] Holdsworth
2)
"Over the rolling sea"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  John [minstrel] Frazer
3)
"Hen convention"
aka Poultry show
Participants:  A. J. Talbot
4)
"She is waiting for us there"
Composer(s): Buckley
Participants:  J.A. Palmer
5)
"Susan Jane"
aka Goodbye Susan Jane; Good bye Susan Jane; Good-bye Susan Jane
Composer(s): Thomas
Participants:  Billy Emerson
6)
"When the band begins to play"
Composer(s): Hunt
Participants:  Billy Emerson
7)
"Don't forget to write to me, darling"
Composer(s): Launder
Participants:  Sam [minstrel tenor] Holdsworth
8)
Obeying orders
9)
Trip to Paris

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 22 September 1872, 7.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 05 October 1872, 214.

“Emerson’s Minstrels’ business has steadily increased since our last report.”