San Francisco Minstrels

Event Information

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

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
1 November 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

04 Nov 1872, 8:00 PM
05 Nov 1872, 8:00 PM
06 Nov 1872, 8:00 PM
07 Nov 1872, 8:00 PM
08 Nov 1872, 8:00 PM
09 Nov 1872, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  San Francisco Minstrels;  Johnson and Powers [minstrel];  Mullaly's Orchestra;  Billy Birch [minstrel];  David S. Wambold;  Charley Backus;  Charles [minstrel] Gibbons;  C. S. [minstrel baritone] Fredericks;  Beaumont Read
2)
"Love, night and morning"
aka Love night and morning
Composer(s): Unknown composer
3)
Young actors
Participants:  Billy Birch [minstrel];  Charley Backus
4)
"Farmer's sons, The"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
5)
"Let me be"
aka Stop dat music; Stop that music
Composer(s): Howard
Participants:  Johnson and Powers [minstrel]
6)
"Dolly Varden"
aka Girl with the Dolly Varden on
Composer(s): Howard
Participants:  Charley Backus
7)
"I’m lonely since my mother died"
Composer(s): Thompson
Participants:  David S. Wambold
8)
"Please give me a penny"
Composer(s): Seibert
Text Author: Seibert
Participants:  Beaumont Read

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 04 November 1872, 7.
2)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 16 November 1872, 262.