San Francisco Minstrels

Event Information

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

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
19 September 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

02 Dec 1872, 8:00 PM
03 Dec 1872, 8:00 PM
04 Dec 1872, 8:00 PM
05 Dec 1872, 8:00 PM
06 Dec 1872, 8:00 PM
07 Dec 1872, 8:00 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;  Charles [minstrel] Gibbons;  C. S. [minstrel baritone] Fredericks;  Joseph Norris;  Beaumont Read;  Foley McKeever [Ethiopian vocalist] Ricardo
2)
Merry wives of Windsor, The, [burlesque]
3)
Grand Dutch cheese opera
aka Dutch cheese opera
4)
"Under the snow"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  C. S. [minstrel baritone] Fredericks
5)
"Doleful ditty"
aka Doleful tale
Participants:  Charley Backus
6)
"I’m lonely since my mother died"
Composer(s): Thompson
Participants:  David S. Wambold
7)
Bad night's rest
Participants:  Billy Birch [minstrel]
8)
"Rebecca Jane"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Johnson and Powers [minstrel]

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 01 December 1872, 7.
2)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 14 December 1872, 294.