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:
23 June 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

13 Jun 1864, 8:00 PM
14 Jun 1864, 8:00 PM
15 Jun 1864, 8:00 PM
16 Jun 1864, 8:00 PM
17 Jun 1864, 8:00 PM
18 Jun 1864, 8:00 PM

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Wood's Minstrels;  John T. Boyce [minstrel];  Charley [minstrel] Fox;  Frank Brower;  Frank [minstrel] Moran;  William S. Budworth
2)
Perplexed wine merchant, The
3)
Happy Uncle Tom
aka Ghost of happy Uncle Tom, The
4)
Robinson Crusoe, [burlesque]
5)
"Pompey Moore"
aka Pompey mose
6)
Comic banjo solos
7)
"Black Brigade, The," [plantation song and dance]
aka Black Brigade, De; Black brigade horse cavalry
Composer(s): Emmett
Text Author: Emmett
8)
Stranger, The, [minstrel parody]
aka Strangers

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 13 June 1864.

2)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 18 June 1864, 78.

3)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 18 June 1864, 80.