Wood’s Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Wood's Minstrel Hall

Price: $.25

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
16 November 2010

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

05 Oct 1863, 7:30 PM
06 Oct 1863, 7:30 PM
07 Oct 1863, 7:30 PM
08 Oct 1863, 7:30 PM
09 Oct 1863, 7:30 PM
10 Oct 1863, 7:30 PM

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Wood's Minstrels;  Frank Brower;  David S. Wambold
2)
"Brother’s fainting at the door"
aka Mickey’s dead broke at the door
Composer(s): Isaacs
Text Author: Bowers
Participants:  David S. Wambold
3)
Happy Uncle Tom
aka Ghost of happy Uncle Tom, The
Participants:  Frank Brower (role: Ghost)

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 04 October 1863, 7.

2)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 10 October 1863, 203.

“The most beautiful song we have ever listened to, with but very few exceptions is the one entitled ‘Brother’s Fainting at the Door,’ by Mr. P. B. Isaacs of Wood’s Minstrels, and sung every night this week at their popular hall by that popular balladist, D.S. Wambold.”

3)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 10 October 1863, 208.

4)
Review: New York Clipper, 17 October 1863, 211.

“[E]xcellent and uniform houses . . . each evening . . . ‘The Ghost of Uncle Tom,’ with Frank Brower as the spectre, continues to afforded a great deal of amusement for the auditors.  Matinees continue to be given every Saturday, and always attract a large attendance of ladies and children.”