Wood’s Minstrels
Event Information
Venue(s):
Wood's Minstrel Hall
Proprietor / Lessee:
Henry Wood [minstrel]
Price: $.30; .50 reserved
Event Type:
Minstrel
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
14 August 2011
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
31 Oct 1864, 8:00 PM01 Nov 1864, 8:00 PM
02 Nov 1864, 8:00 PM
03 Nov 1864, 8:00 PM
04 Nov 1864, 8:00 PM
05 Nov 1864, 8:00 PM
Program Details
Program included “Siegrist and Son” in acrobatic feats and Siegrist and his performing dogs. Unclear which members of the Siegrist family this would be.
Performers and/or Works Performed
Citations
2)
“Third Week Of Siegrist’s Troupe Of Performing Dogs, The Greatest Novelty Of The Age. The best and the most sagacious animals ever exhibited to the public. They appear every evening as The Fireman, Gentleman Pat, The Milkman, the Highland Laddie, Lucy Neal, Mlle. Taglioni and the School Girl, Jumping the Rope, Leaping the Barriers, Marching, Dancing, &c, &c. Acrobatic Feats. Wood’s Minstrels In Their Grand Soiree D’Ethiope.”