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:
13 October 2011

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

13 Feb 1865, 7:45 PM
14 Feb 1865, 7:45 PM
15 Feb 1865, 7:45 PM
16 Feb 1865, 7:45 PM
17 Feb 1865, 7:45 PM
18 Feb 1865, 7:45 PM

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Frank Brower;  Cool White [minstrel];  Edward [minstrel] Haslam;  Charles Henry [minstrel tenor];  Frederick R. Mollenhauer;  Frank B. Converse;  John T. Boyce [minstrel];  C. J . [minstrel] Lockwood;  Sam S. [Ethiopian comedian] Purdy
2)
Streets of New York, The, [burlesque]
aka Streets of New-York
Participants:  Frank Brower (role: a dealer of chestnuts);  John T. Boyce [minstrel] (role: newsboy);  Sam S. [Ethiopian comedian] Purdy (role: boot black)
3)
"Peace commissioners"
4)
Hamlet, [burlesque (Unknown author)]
Text Author: Unknown playwright
5)
Four crows, The
6)
"Dear Mother, I've come home to eat"
Composer(s): Tucker [comp.-cond.-voc.]
Text Author: Cross
7)
"Sleigh ride, The," [minstrel]
8)
Banjo obbligatos

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 13 February 1865.

2)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 18 February 1865, 359.

3)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 18 February 1865, 358.