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 May 2012

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

14 Sep 1863, 7:45 PM
15 Sep 1863, 7:45 PM
16 Sep 1863, 7:45 PM
17 Sep 1863, 7:45 PM
18 Sep 1863, 7:45 PM

Program Details

The 6th week of The Ghost of happy Uncle Tom.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: Wood's Minstrels; P. B. Isaacs; Eph Horn; J. Leis; Charley [minstrel] Fox; 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

2)

Happy Uncle Tom

aka Ghost of happy Uncle Tom, The

3)

"Women's rights"

aka Woman's rights

Composer(s): Fern

4)

"Rebel privateer, The"

5)

Othello, [burlesque]

aka Dar’s de money

6)

"Gobble Family, The"

aka My grandfather's farm yard

Composer(s): Kirbye

7)

Four crows, The

8)

Railroad explosion, The

Citations

1)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 13 September 1863.

2)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 15 September 1863.

3)

Review: New York Clipper, 26 September 1863, 187.

“Wood’s Minstrels continue to attract overflowing houses every night. The ‘Ghost of Uncle Tom’ is very laughable, and creates much merriment; also, the Othello act, in which Messrs. Brower and Eph Horn are very funny.”