Event Information
Venue(s):
Wood's Minstrel Hall
Proprietor / Lessee:
Henry Wood [minstrel]
Price: $.25
Event Type:
Minstrel
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
19 August 2010
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
17 Aug 1863, 8:00 PM18 Aug 1863, 8:00 PM
19 Aug 1863, 8:00 PM
20 Aug 1863, 8:00 PM
20 Aug 1863, 8:00 PM
21 Aug 1863, 8:00 PM
Program Details
Performers and/or Works Performed
1)
Participants: Eph Horn; Charley [minstrel] Fox; Frank Brower; Cool White [minstrel]; R. C. B. Isaacs; Edward [minstrel] Haslam; Charles Henry [minstrel tenor]; David S. Wambold; A. J. Talbot; James W. [minstrel] Glenn; P. B. Isaacs; J. Leis; M. Lewis [minstrel]; H. Schwicardi; C. J . [minstrel] Lockwood; Master Richard Coker
7)
aka Old maids' lament, The ;
Old maid's lament;
Old maids lament;
Poor old spinsters;
Old maids
Composer(s): M.
Citations
2)
“There are burlesque ‘Ghosts’ at the minstrel halls of Woods and the Bryants. . . . Ghosts have a cool and shadowy appearance, exceedingly appropriate to these hot nights when mortals wish themselves safely rid of flesh and bones for comfort’s sake.”
3)
“‘The Ghost’ is announced on the bills to be performed at . . . Bryants’ and Wood’s Minstrels (Africanized).”
4)
“The apparatition [The Ghost] will appear every evening this week.”