San Francisco Minstrels

Event Information

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

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
5 October 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, Evening
28 Sep 1872, 2:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

2)
Composer(s): Unknown composer
3)
Composer(s): Barney
Text Author: Barney
Participants:  David S. Wambold
4)
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Billy Birch [minstrel]
5)
aka Two morning glories
Composer(s): Unknown composer
6)
aka Stump oration; Any other man
Participants:  Billy Birch [minstrel]
7)
Composer(s): Seibert
Text Author: Seibert
Participants:  Beaumont Read

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 22 September 1872, 4.
2)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 23 September 1872, 5.

“The minstrel company at the St. James Theatre is the strongest organization of the kind in the city, and it has met with steady public favor in its new position.”

3)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 05 October 1872, 214.