Wood’s Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Wood's Minstrel Hall

Proprietor / Lessee:
Henry Wood [minstrel]

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
7 August 2011

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

03 Oct 1864, 8:00 PM
04 Oct 1864, 8:00 PM
05 Oct 1864, 8:00 PM
06 Oct 1864, 8:00 PM
07 Oct 1864, 8:00 PM
08 Oct 1864, 8:00 PM

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Wood's Minstrels
2)
Echo, The, [minstrel]
3)
Conscripts, The
4)
Happy Uncle Tom
aka Ghost of happy Uncle Tom, The
5)
Hamlet, [burlesque (Unknown author)]
Text Author: Unknown playwright
6)
"Brother’s fainting at the door"
aka Mickey’s dead broke at the door
Composer(s): Isaacs
Text Author: Bowers
7)
"Black Brigade, The"
aka Black Brigade, De; Black brigade horse cavalry
Composer(s): Emmett
Text Author: Emmett

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 02 October 1864.

2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 03 October 1864.
Campbell’s, Wood’s, and Bryants’ are drawing large audiences nightly.
3)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 08 October 1864, 207.