San Francisco Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
San Francisco Minstrels Hall

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
22 April 2012

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

13 Nov 1865, Evening
14 Nov 1865, Evening
15 Nov 1865, Evening
16 Nov 1865, Evening
17 Nov 1865, Evening
18 Nov 1865, Evening

Program Details

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: San Francisco Minstrels; William H. [minstrel] Bernard; Charley Backus; Billy Birch [minstrel]; David S. Wambold

2)

Fat and greasy

Participants: Billy Birch [minstrel]

3)

aka Favorite ballads ; Ballads and warblings; Beautiful ballads

Participants: David S. Wambold

4)

Ferdinand and Isabella

Participants: William H. [minstrel] Bernard

5)

Imitations of actors

aka Imitations of famous actors; Imitations of popular actors; Limitations of great actors; Parlor theatricals

Participants: Charley Backus

6)

Triple clog dance

7)

"First board of brokers"

8)

aka Nerves original; Nervés

Composer(s): Gordon

Text Author: Brian

9)

Skylight adventures

10)

Flying trapeze, [burlesque]

11)

Composer(s): McNally [composer, conductor, minstrel]

Text Author: Reed

Citations

1)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 13 November 1865, 7.

2)

Review: New York Herald, 15 November 1865, 4.

“[T]he place is overwhelmed with patrons every night. Charles has opened a new and lucrative business. ‘What is it?’ . . . . ‘Why, ye see I advertise in the Herald; de [illeg] de managers who don’t.’ This troupe of minstrels is the best in the city.”