Petroleumania

Event Information

Venue(s):
Wood's Minstrel Hall

Proprietor / Lessee:
Henry Wood [minstrel]

Price: $.50

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
1 August 2012

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

20 Mar 1865, 7:30 PM
21 Mar 1865, 7:30 PM
22 Mar 1865, 7:30 PM
23 Mar 1865, 7:30 PM
24 Mar 1865, 7:30 PM
25 Mar 1865, 7:30 PM

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Wood's Minstrels
2)
Petroleumania; or, Oil on the brain, [burlesque]
aka Petroleum girl
Text Author: Gayler
Participants:  W. D. [minstrel] Corrister

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 20 March 1865, 7.

     Excerpts of reviews from other publications. “Music Enchanting. . . . First appearance of the Caliufornia favorite, W. D. Corrister.  Previous to the Burlesque, a Grand Minstrel Entertainment.”

2)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 25 March 1865, 399.