San Francisco Minstrels

Event Information

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

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
9 November 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

03 Feb 1873, 8:00 PM
04 Feb 1873, 8:00 PM
05 Feb 1873, 8:00 PM
06 Feb 1873, 8:00 PM
07 Feb 1873, 8:00 PM
08 Feb 1873, 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;  Beaumont Read
2)
"When the whippoorwill is calling"
Composer(s): Catlin
Text Author: Mitchell
Participants:  C. S. [minstrel baritone] Fredericks
3)
"When I saw sweet Nelly home"
Composer(s): Fletcher
Participants:  David S. Wambold
4)
"Lizzie Jane"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Billy Birch [minstrel]
5)
"Mother, bear me to the window"
aka Mother bear me to the window
Composer(s): Bayman
Text Author: Bayman
Participants:  Beaumont Read
6)
Arrival of Lucca; or, Paw-lean on the rampage
aka Pauline on the rampage
7)
Stump speech
aka Stump oration; Any other man
8)
Duke's motto, [burlesque]
9)
Hair dressers, The
aka Hairdressers, The

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 02 February 1873, 7.
2)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 15 February 1873, 366.