San Francisco Minstrels

Event Information

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

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
6 October 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

30 Sep 1872, Evening
01 Oct 1872, Evening
02 Oct 1872, Evening
03 Oct 1872, Evening
04 Oct 1872, Evening
05 Oct 1872, Evening
05 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)

"Tis hard to love"

aka It's hard to love

Composer(s): Backus

Participants: Charley Backus

3)

aka Stump oration; Any other man

Participants: Billy Birch [minstrel]

4)

Diamonds, [burlesque]

5)

Citations

1)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 29 September 1872, 4.

2)

Review: New York Clipper, 12 October 1872, 222.

“The best week’s business since the San Francisco Minstrels removed up town was done since our last report, the hall having been well filled each evening.” “Among the salient features of the programme were D. S. Wambold’s excellent ballad singing; Billy Birch’s stump speech; Johnson and Powers’ songs and dances; and Beaumont Read’s excellent alto singing.”