Christy’s Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Christy’s Minstrel Hall

Proprietor / Lessee:
Richard M. Hooley

Price: $.25

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
14 April 2014

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

19 Oct 1863, 7:45 PM
20 Oct 1863, 7:45 PM
21 Oct 1863, 7:45 PM
22 Oct 1863, 7:45 PM
23 Oct 1863, 7:45 PM
24 Oct 1863, 7:45 PM

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Christy's Minstrels;  Thomas B. [Minstrel] Prendergast;  [Minstrel] Dranin;  [minstrel] Judson;  [minstrel] Cooler;  George N. Christy;  E. [minstrel] Bowers;  James Gaynor;  T. or F. or J. [minstrel] Herman;  Sam S. [Ethiopian comedian] Purdy;  Thomas Simpson [minstrel]
2)
Who killed the policeman?
3)
"Castle Garden sports"
4)
Laughing gas
aka Dr. Colton's laughing gas
5)
"Young Eph's lament"
aka Young Epre's lament; Young Ephe’s lament; Young Ephe's lament
Composer(s): Murphy
6)
"Auctioneer, The"
Composer(s): Dibdin
7)
How to get your bills paid
8)
Children in the wood
Text Author: Morton

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 18 October 1863, 7.

“Pico solos, banjo solos, new songs, dances and plantation scenes.”

2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 19 October 1863, 1.

3)
Announcement: New York Herald, 19 October 1863.

4)
Announcement: New-York Times, 19 October 1863.

“We refer with pleasure to the brilliant programme furnished by George Christy at his delightful establishment, opposite Niblo’s.  It is impossible to find a better Ethiopian entertainment in the City.”

5)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 23 October 1863, 7.

“[S]uccess unprecendented.”