San Francisco Minstrels

Event Information

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

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
27 October 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

16 Dec 1872, 8:00 PM
17 Dec 1872, 8:00 PM
18 Dec 1872, 8:00 PM
19 Dec 1872, 8:00 PM
20 Dec 1872, 8:00 PM
21 Dec 1872, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  San Francisco Minstrels;  Billy Birch [minstrel];  David S. Wambold;  Charley Backus;  C. S. [minstrel baritone] Fredericks
2)
"Only a withered rose"
Composer(s): Thomas
Text Author: Smith
Participants:  C. S. [minstrel baritone] Fredericks
3)
"Old Grimes' cellar door"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Billy Birch [minstrel]
4)
"Darling little Daisy"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  David S. Wambold
5)
Trovatore, Il, "Anvil chorus"
Composer(s): Verdi
6)
Happy family, The
7)
Military on the brain
8)
Court scene at Jefferson Market
aka Jefferson Market police court

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 15 December 1872, 7.
2)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 28 December 1872, 310.