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:
11 September 2011

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

04 Jul 1864, 2:30 PM
04 Jul 1864, 8:00 PM
05 Jul 1864, 8:00 PM
06 Jul 1864, 8:00 PM
07 Jul 1864, 8:00 PM
08 Jul 1864, 8:00 PM
09 Jul 1864, 8:00 PM

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Wood's Minstrels;  Charles Henry [minstrel tenor];  Frank [minstrel] Moran;  James W. [minstrel] Glenn;  P. B. Isaacs;  T. Schapcott;  J. Leis;  Frank Brower;  H. Schwicardi;  Cool White [minstrel];  C. J . [minstrel] Lockwood;  R. C. B. Isaacs;  W. [minstrel] Patterson
2)
Hamlet, [burlesque (Unknown author)]
Text Author: Unknown playwright
3)
"Thoughtful emotions"
4)
Running the blockade
aka Blockade runner
5)
"Poor old maids"
aka Old maids' lament, The ; Old maid's lament; Old maids lament; Poor old spinsters; Old maids
Composer(s): M.
6)
"Finnegan’s wake"
Composer(s): Pastor
7)
"Don’t get weary"
aka Don't get weary yet
8)
Works, instrumental, unidentified

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 03 July 1864.

2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 04 July 1864.

3)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 09 July 1864, 103.

4)
Review: New York Clipper, 16 July 1864, 110.

“Wood’s Minstrels hold the Broadway line all to themselves, now that the Bryants have gone on a raid. . . . The troupe are giving a very amusing entertainment, replete with fun, sentiment, and gems of minstrelsy.  The company is well organized and combines some very clever vocal as well as instrumental performers.”