Wood’s Minstrels
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: R. C. B. Isaacs; Master Richard Coker; Edward [minstrel] Haslam; Charles Henry [minstrel tenor]; David S. Wambold; A. J. Talbot; James W. [minstrel] Glenn; P. B. Isaacs; Eph Horn; J. Leis; Charley [minstrel] Fox; M. Lewis [minstrel]; Frank Brower; H. Schwicardi; Cool White [minstrel]; C. J . [minstrel] Lockwood
7)
aka Old maids' lament, The ;
Old maid's lament;
Old maids lament;
Poor old spinsters;
Old maids
Composer(s): M.
Citations
2)
“‘The Ghost’ is announced on the bills to be performed at . . . Bryants’ and Wood’s Minstrels (Africanized).”
3)
“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.”
4)
“The apparatition [The Ghost] will appear every evening this week.”