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:
16 May 2012

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

07 Sep 1863, 7:45 PM
08 Sep 1863, 7:45 PM
09 Sep 1863, 7:45 PM
10 Sep 1863, 7:45 PM
11 Sep 1863, 7:45 PM
12 Sep 1863, 2:30 PM
12 Sep 1863, 7:45 PM

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Wood's Minstrels;  M. Lewis [minstrel];  Frank Brower;  Cool White [minstrel];  H. Schwicardi;  R. C. B. Isaacs;  C. J . [minstrel] Lockwood;  Edward [minstrel] Haslam;  Master Richard Coker;  Charles Henry [minstrel tenor];  David S. Wambold;  A. J. Talbot;  James W. [minstrel] Glenn;  P. B. Isaacs;  Eph Horn;  J. Leis;  Charley [minstrel] Fox
2)
Othello, [burlesque]
aka Dar’s de money
3)
Crisis, The
aka Crisis 'again,' The
4)
Four crows, The
5)
Happy Uncle Tom
aka Ghost of happy Uncle Tom, The
6)
"Cruelty to Johnny"
7)
Smiggy McGlural
aka Smiggy McGhural; Smiggy McGuirrel
8)
Railroad explosion, The

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 06 September 1863.

2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 07 September 1863, 7.

     Fifth week of “The Ghost.”  “NOTICE—CHANGE OF TIME . . . commence ¼ to 8 o’clock.”

3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 12 September 1863.

     Matinee time.

4)
Review: New York Clipper, 19 September 1863, 179.

     “The houses at Wood’s, last week, were not only very large, but very brilliant.”