San Francisco Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
San Francisco Opera House

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
26 October 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

07 Dec 1874, Evening
08 Dec 1874, Evening
09 Dec 1874, Evening
10 Dec 1874, Evening
11 Dec 1874, Evening
12 Dec 1874, Evening
12 Dec 1874, 2:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  San Francisco Minstrels;  Mackin and Wilson [song and dance];  Billy Birch [minstrel];  David S. Wambold;  Charley Backus;  Add Ryman;  Carl [minstrel] Rudolph;  Foley McKeever [Ethiopian vocalist] Ricardo;  John H. [banjo] Carle;  A. H. [minstrel vocalist] Pelham;  Eugene [minstrel baritone] Tremaine
2)
Burlesque lecture
Participants:  Add Ryman
3)
Songs and dances
Participants:  Mackin and Wilson [song and dance]
4)
"When the moon with glory brightens"
Composer(s): Isaacs
Text Author: Million
Participants:  A. H. [minstrel vocalist] Pelham
5)
"Doleful ditty"
aka Doleful tale
Participants:  Charley Backus
6)
"Mother says I mustn't"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Billy Birch [minstrel]
7)
Sublime and ridiculous
8)
Warpath, scalping-knives, tomahawks; or, Adventures in the Black Hills

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 06 December 1874, 4.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 19 December 1874, 302 .

Changes in the programme since last week; “A fair business has been done.”