Wood’s Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Wood's Minstrel Hall

Price: $.25

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
16 October 2014

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

16 Nov 1863, 7:30 PM
17 Nov 1863, 7:30 PM
18 Nov 1863, 7:30 PM
19 Nov 1863, 7:30 PM
20 Nov 1863, 7:30 PM
21 Nov 1863, 2:30 PM
21 Nov 1863, 7:30 PM

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Wood's Minstrels;  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;  P. B. Isaacs
2)
Grecian statues
aka Grecian statue
3)
"Cruelty to Johnny"
4)
Robinson Crusoe, [burlesque]
5)
Our African cousins
aka African cousins
6)
"Bird hunters, The"
7)
Handy Andy, [minstrel]
8)
Damon and Pythias, [burlesque]

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 15 November 1863.

2)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 21 November 1863, 249.

3)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 21 November 1863, 256.
Mentions Sat matinee.
4)
Review: New York Herald, 23 November 1863, 4.

Brief general comment about Wood’s, Bryants’ and Christy’s Minstrels.  “They attract immense crowds nightly by judicious changes in their programs and by keeping their performances up to the highest standard of their line of amusements.”