San Francisco Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
San Francisco Minstrels Hall

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
20 April 2012

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

06 Nov 1865, 7:45 PM
07 Nov 1865, 7:45 PM
08 Nov 1865, 7:45 PM
09 Nov 1865, 7:45 PM
10 Nov 1865, 7:45 PM
11 Nov 1865, 7:45 PM

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  San Francisco Minstrels;  Aminadab Quartette;  Billy Birch [minstrel];  David S. Wambold;  William H. [minstrel] Bernard;  Charley Backus;  James H. [minstrel song and dance] Cooper;  William [minstrel song and dance] Fields;  Dick Sands [minstrel dancer]
2)
Triple clog dance
Participants:  James H. [minstrel song and dance] Cooper;  William [minstrel song and dance] Fields;  Dick Sands [minstrel dancer]
3)
Fat and greasy
Participants:  Billy Birch [minstrel]
4)
Ballads
aka Favorite ballads ; Ballads and warblings; Beautiful ballads
Participants:  David S. Wambold
5)
Flying trapeze, [burlesque]
Participants:  Charley Backus
6)
"Nerves, The"
aka Nerves original; Nervés
Composer(s): Gordon
Text Author: Brian
7)
"Bernard’s views of the financial crisis"
Participants:  William H. [minstrel] Bernard
8)
Break neck act, The
aka breakneck act
9)
Andy Johnson’s proclamation
10)
Irish jigs

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 06 November 1865, 7.

2)
Review: New York Herald, 08 November 1865.

General review with no specifics.  Praises the theater, the gifted performers, and the fresh programs that attract crowded houses daily.

3)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 11 November 1865, 248.