Wood's Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Wood's Minstrel Hall

Proprietor / Lessee:
Henry Wood [minstrel]

Manager / Director:
Henry Wood [minstrel]

Price: $.25

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
23 June 2014

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

15 Sep 1862, 7:30 PM
16 Sep 1862, 7:30 PM
17 Sep 1862, 7:30 PM
18 Sep 1862, 7:30 PM
19 Sep 1862, 7:30 PM
20 Sep 1862, 7:30 PM

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Wood's Minstrels;  James Garatagua;  Eph Horn;  Charley [minstrel] Fox;  E. H. Florence;  Frank Brower;  Cool White [minstrel];  Edward [minstrel] Haslam;  Raffaelle Abecco;  Charles Henry [minstrel tenor];  Henry Percy;  P. B. Isaacs;  M. Lewis [minstrel]
2)
"Bird hunters, The"
3)
"Cerevisiamoptimanafontibusoptimis"
aka Cenerisiamoptimamfontibusoptimis
4)
Happy Uncle Tom
aka Ghost of happy Uncle Tom, The
5)
"Poor old maids"
aka Old maids' lament, The ; Old maid's lament; Old maids lament; Poor old spinsters; Old maids
Composer(s): M.
6)
Stranger, The, [minstrel parody]
aka Strangers

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 15 September 1862, 7.
“Notice – Change of Time.”
2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 15 September 1862, 2.
“The Minstrels – Wood’s, Bryant’s and Christy’s – have been profiting by the closing of the theatres. At all of them the receipts during the week have been large.”