San Francisco Minstrels

Event Information

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

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
3 August 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

21 Oct 1872, Evening
22 Oct 1872, Evening
23 Oct 1872, Evening
24 Oct 1872, Evening
25 Oct 1872, Evening
26 Oct 1872, Evening
26 Oct 1872, 2:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  San Francisco Minstrels;  Johnson and Powers [minstrel];  Billy Birch [minstrel];  David S. Wambold;  Charley Backus;  Beaumont Read
2)
"When I saw sweet Nelly home"
Composer(s): Fletcher
Participants:  David S. Wambold
3)
"Poor little fatherless child, The"
Composer(s): Nish
Text Author: Green
Participants:  Beaumont Read
4)
"Tom and Jerry twins, The"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Johnson and Powers [minstrel]
5)
New beginners, The

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 20 October 1872, 4.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 02 November 1872, 246.

“The average attendance was fair.”