San Francisco Minstrels

Event Information

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

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
22 January 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

18 Nov 1872, 8:00 PM
19 Nov 1872, 8:00 PM
20 Nov 1872, 8:00 PM
21 Nov 1872, 8:00 PM
22 Nov 1872, 8:00 PM
23 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;  C. S. [minstrel baritone] Fredericks;  Joseph Norris;  Beaumont Read;  Foley McKeever [Ethiopian vocalist] Ricardo
2)
"I'll be waiting in the dell"
Composer(s): Currier
Text Author: Gibson
Participants:  C. S. [minstrel baritone] Fredericks
3)
"Tis hard to love"
aka It's hard to love
Composer(s): Backus
Participants:  Charley Backus
4)
"When I saw sweet Nelly home"
Composer(s): Fletcher
Participants:  David S. Wambold
5)
Imitations of singers
Participants:  David S. Wambold (role: German tenor);  Joseph Norris (role: Max Maretzek);  Foley McKeever [Ethiopian vocalist] Ricardo
6)
"Dis am what we did"
aka This is what we did
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Johnson and Powers [minstrel]
7)
Grand Dutch cheese opera
aka Dutch cheese opera
8)
Imitations of actors
aka Imitations of famous actors; Imitations of popular actors; Limitations of great actors; Parlor theatricals
Participants:  Charley Backus
9)
Prima donna act
Participants:  Foley McKeever [Ethiopian vocalist] Ricardo

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 17 November 1872, 7.
2)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 30 November 1872, 278.