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:
6 August 2014

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

17 Oct 1864, 8:00 PM
18 Oct 1864, 8:00 PM
19 Oct 1864, 8:00 PM
20 Oct 1864, 8:00 PM
21 Oct 1864, 8:00 PM
22 Oct 1864, 8:00 PM

Program Details

Prof. Siegrist and Son, acrobats, and their troupe of performing dogs

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Wood's Minstrels;  Charley [minstrel] Fox;  François Siegrist
2)
Broadway belle, The
3)
Echo, The, [minstrel]
4)
"Road to Richmond, The"
Composer(s): Emmett
5)
Conscripts, The
6)
Banjo solos [during minstrel shows]
7)
"Sucric euqselrub"
aka Circus Burlesque [backwards]

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Herald, 17 October 1864.
“First appearance of Charley Fox.”
2)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 22 October 1864, 222.
“Wood’s Minstrels give their patrons variety in abundance, and always have something new on their programmes.”
3)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 22 October 1864, 223.