Wood's Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Wood's Minstrel Hall

Proprietor / Lessee:
Henry Wood [minstrel]

Price: $0.25

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
18 November 2013

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

13 Jul 1863, 8:00 PM
14 Jul 1863, 8:00 PM

Program Details

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: Wood's Minstrels

2)

Deaf as a post, [Ethiopian sketch]

Text Author: Leavitt, Egan

3)

aka Funny Jim, the poet

4)

Four crows, The

5)

"Raw recruits; or, Abraham's daughter," [song]

Composer(s): Winner

6)

"Flat foot Jake"

Citations

1)

Announcement: New York Herald, 13 July 1863, 2.

“Wood’s Minstrels still attract large crowds by their pleasing performances and their panorama of the Hudson river.”

2)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 13 July 1863, 7.

3)

Announcement: New York Clipper, 18 July 1863, 107.

“At Wood’s Minstrel Hall, we have nothing new to record this week. The panorama of the North River continues on the bills as one of the main features.”

4)

Advertisement: New York Clipper, 18 July 1863, 110.

5)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 18 July 1863, 7.