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:
19 October 2011

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

15 Aug 1864, 8:00 PM
16 Aug 1864, 8:00 PM
17 Aug 1864, 8:00 PM
18 Aug 1864, 8:00 PM
19 Aug 1864, 8:00 PM
20 Aug 1864, 8:00 PM

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Wood's Minstrels
2)
Miller and his men, The, [minstrel version]
aka Miller and his man
3)
Blundering servant, The
4)
Conscripts, The
5)
Loony Napoleon
aka Looney Napoleon
6)
"Races, The"

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 14 August 1864.

“Songs, Dances, Plantation Sketches”

2)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 20 August 1864, 150.

“The warm weather does not appear to affect the business—even the big McClellan meeting scarcely affected it.”

3)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 20 August 1864, 151.

4)
Review: New York Clipper, 27 August 1864, 158.

“Wood’s Minstrels were rewarded with another series of excellent houses during the past week, the ladies composing a prominent and brilliant portion of the audiences.”