San Francisco Minstrels

Event Information

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

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
10 November 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

23 Dec 1872, 8:00 PM
24 Dec 1872, 8:00 PM
25 Dec 1872, 2:30 PM
25 Dec 1872, 8:00 PM
26 Dec 1872, 8:00 PM
27 Dec 1872, 8:00 PM
28 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;  Beaumont Read
2)
Court scene at Jefferson Market
aka Jefferson Market police court
3)
Happy family, The
4)
Hamlet, [burlesque (Griffin)]
aka Hamlet the dainty; Hamlet in black
Text Author: Griffin
Participants:  Billy Birch [minstrel];  Charley Backus
5)
Operatic burlesque
6)
"When I saw sweet Nelly home"
Composer(s): Fletcher
Participants:  David S. Wambold
7)
"Tom and Jerry twins, The"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Johnson and Powers [minstrel]
8)
"Touch the harp gently"
Composer(s): Blamphin
Text Author: Mitchell
Participants:  Beaumont Read
9)
"Mother, bear me to the window"
aka Mother bear me to the window
Composer(s): Bayman
Text Author: Bayman
Participants:  Beaumont Read

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 22 December 1872, 7.
2)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 04 January 1873, 318.