San Francisco Minstrels

Event Information

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

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
15 February 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

25 Nov 1872, Evening
26 Nov 1872, Evening
27 Nov 1872, Evening
28 Nov 1872, Evening
28 Nov 1872, 2:30 PM
29 Nov 1872, Evening
30 Nov 1872, Evening

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;  Joseph Norris;  Beaumont Read;  Foley McKeever [Ethiopian vocalist] Ricardo
2)
Grand Dutch cheese opera
aka Dutch cheese opera
3)
Fellow that looks like me, The
Composer(s): White
4)
"Rebecca Jane"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Johnson and Powers [minstrel]
5)
"Darling little Daisy"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  David S. Wambold
6)
"Mother says I mustn't"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Billy Birch [minstrel]
7)
"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, 24 November 1872, 7.
2)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 07 December 1872, 286.