Christy’s Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Christy’s Minstrel Hall

Proprietor / Lessee:
East 14th St at the corner of Irving Place Academy of Music

Price: $.25

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
14 August 2014

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

07 Dec 1863, 7:45 PM
08 Dec 1863, 7:45 PM
09 Dec 1863, 7:45 PM
10 Dec 1863, 7:45 PM
11 Dec 1863, 7:45 PM
12 Dec 1863, 7:45 PM

Program Details

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: Fred [minstrel] Boniface; R. [Christy's] Thompson; [Christy's Minstrels] Drapier; T. or F. or J. [minstrel] Herman; [Christy's Minstrels] Monel; Leslie Chase (Lew) [minstrel] Brimmer; Luis J. [minstrel] Nevers; Sam S. [Ethiopian comedian] Purdy; Thomas Simpson [minstrel]; T. [minstrel] Trigg; Thomas B. [Minstrel] Prendergast; [Christy’s Minstrels] Lowrey; Lamont [minstrel]; William Castle; [Christy's Minstrels] Smith; George N. Christy

2)

Double-bedded room, The

aka Double bedded room, The

Text Author: Morton

3)

"Blockade runners, The"

4)

Mississippi fling

5)

aka Pico solo

6)

Dwarf dance, The

7)

Deaf as a post, [Ethiopian sketch]

Text Author: Leavitt, Egan

8)

Miss McGowan at the soiree

9)

"Who can find us now?"

Composer(s): Emmett

Text Author: Emmett

10)

Banjo solos [during minstrel shows]

Citations

1)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 06 December 1863.

2)

Announcement: New York Post, 07 December 1863, 3.

In “Diary of Amusements—Monday, December 7. Negro melodies.”