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:
25 March 2015

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

07 Mar 1864, 7:45 PM
08 Mar 1864, 7:45 PM
09 Mar 1864, 7:45 PM
10 Mar 1864, 7:45 PM
11 Mar 1864, 7:45 PM
12 Mar 1864, 7:45 PM

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Wood's Minstrels;  P. B. Isaacs;  T. Schapcott;  J. Leis;  John T. Boyce [minstrel];  Charley [minstrel] Fox;  ? Stewart [minstrel];  Frank Brower;  Cool White [minstrel];  C. J . [minstrel] Lockwood;  R. C. B. Isaacs;  W. [minstrel] Patterson;  Charles Henry [minstrel tenor];  James W. [minstrel] Glenn
2)
Bulls and Bears of Wall Street, The
aka Wall Street bulls and bears
Text Author: Unknown playwright
3)
Hamlet, [burlesque (Unknown author)]
Text Author: Unknown playwright
4)
Happy Uncle Tom
aka Ghost of happy Uncle Tom, The
5)
Smiggy McGlural
aka Smiggy McGhural; Smiggy McGuirrel
6)
Four crows, The
7)
"Flat foot Jake"
8)
Comic banjo solos
9)
Loony Napoleon
aka Looney Napoleon

Citations

1)
Review: New York Clipper, 07 March 1864, 379.

“There is one thing about Wood’s Minstrels which is deserving of particular mention, and that is the courtesy which marks the conduct of the officials in front, and the care manifested for the comfort of their audiences; all of which help to make the entertainments more enjoyable and interesting. The performances at Wood’s embrace such a variety that scarcely a taste can fail of being pleased. In the comic line, there is a trio of comedians inferior to none in the profession, whose eccentricities, by their extreme ridiculousness, provoke smiles of the most boisterous description. In the singing department, there are several very pleasing voices, and the instrumentalists are also quite clever. In fact, the troupe is a most excellent one, and deserving of the liberal patronage they are meeting with. The manager is careful, painstaking, and enterprising, and under his supervision the band has been brought to its present standard of excellence.”

2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 07 March 1864.

3)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 12 March 1864, 379.

4)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 12 March 1864, 382.
“Songs, Dances, Plantation Scenes, Burlesques.”
5)
Review: New York Clipper, 19 March 1864, 387.
“They could not have made a more timely hit than they did last week at Wood’s Minstrels, when ‘The Bulls and Bears of Wall Street’ was introduced, and which was well appreciated by the audience in attendance.  The comedians at this house give some sly pokes at men and things, which never fail to tell.”