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:
20 February 2012

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

25 Jul 1864, 8:00 PM
26 Jul 1864, 8:00 PM
27 Jul 1864, 8:00 PM
28 Jul 1864, 8:00 PM
29 Jul 1864, 8:00 PM
30 Jul 1864, 8:00 PM

Program Details



Purdy’s first appearance.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Wood's Minstrels;  Sam S. [Ethiopian comedian] Purdy
2)
"Jolly nigger Amos"
3)
Mississippi fling
4)
"Dear Mother, I've come home to eat"
Composer(s): Tucker [comp.-cond.-voc.]
Text Author: Cross
5)
Hamlet, [burlesque (Unknown author)]
Text Author: Unknown playwright
6)
"Gobble Family, The"
aka My grandfather's farm yard
Composer(s): Kirbye
7)
"Road to Richmond, The"
Composer(s): Emmett

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 25 July 1864.

2)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 30 July 1864, 127.
3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 30 July 1864.