Event Information

Venue(s):
Campbell’s Minstrel Hall
Hooley’s Minstrel Hall

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
28 June 2014

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

27 Feb 1865, 8:00 PM
28 Feb 1865, 8:00 PM
01 Mar 1865, 8:00 PM
02 Mar 1865, 8:00 PM
03 Mar 1865, 8:00 PM
04 Mar 1865, 8:00 PM

Program Details



The name of the company changed to Hooley’s Minstrels on March 1 to reflect the change of ownership.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Hooley and Campbell’s Minstrels;  J. W. [minstrel] Hilton;  Frank [minstrel] Leslie;  George Clifton Dobson;  William S. Budworth;  Joseph Livingston;  Joseph Bailey [minstrel, trumpeter];  Hank [minstrel] Mudge;  Luis J. [minstrel] Nevers;  W. W. [minstrel] Hodgkins;  Robert Nichols;  Adolph Nichols [minstrel-vn];  Cool [minstrel] Burgess;  William Henry [minstrel] Rice;  [clog dancer] Hail Columbia
2)
Live ingin, The
aka Live injun
3)
Taming a butterfly, [minstrel parody]
4)
Ladies' pet, The
5)
"Nicodemus Johnson," [song]
Composer(s): Murphy
6)
"Yankee Doodle"
Composer(s): Traditional
7)
Champion jig

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Sun, 27 February 1865.

2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 27 February 1865.

3)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 04 March 1865, 376.
Only mentions “Yankee Doodle” on the bill.
4)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 04 March 1865, 374.
“UGH! LIVE INJIN! Big thing. . . . Extraordinariest scalping on record. Why will white man follow his path, unless it be to see a really clever entertainment of Nigger and Injin eccentricities as shown by the above named band of minstrels? Nixcumareus! Letusallgoseetheliveinjin. Cui bone? Yes!”