San Francisco Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
San Francisco Minstrels Hall

Manager / Director:
William H. [minstrel] Bernard

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
7 June 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

14 Aug 1865, Evening
15 Aug 1865, Evening
16 Aug 1865, Evening
17 Aug 1865, Evening
18 Aug 1865, Evening
19 Aug 1865, Evening

Program Details

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

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

2)

"Chinaman in San Francisco"

Participants: Charley Backus (role: John Chinaman)

3)

Othello and Macbeth

4)

Influence of music

5)

Participants: Billy Birch [minstrel]

6)

"Auctioneer, The"

Composer(s): Dibdin

Participants: William H. [minstrel] Bernard

7)

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

Text Author: Reed

8)

Trouble at the Metropolitan Hotel

aka Troubles at the Metropolitan Hotel

9)

Songs, unidentified

aka New songs; Foreign airs by native artists

Composer(s): Unknown composer

10)

aka Favorite ballads ; Ballads and warblings; Beautiful ballads

Citations

1)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 14 August 1865, 7.

2)

Announcement: New York Clipper, 19 August 1865, 150.

They are firmly established in the city and have enough money to invest in brownstones. They give a new program this week with several new songs, ballads, and popular acts.

3)

Review: New York Clipper, 26 August 1865, 158.

“The San Francisco Minstrels did a better business last week than any week since they have appeared in this city. . . . [T]he place was so crowded that a number of ladies fainted, and had to be taken out.”