Wood’s Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Wood's Minstrel Hall

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
8 June 2012

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

21 Aug 1865, 8:00 PM
22 Aug 1865, 8:00 PM
23 Aug 1865, 8:00 PM
24 Aug 1865, 8:00 PM
25 Aug 1865, 8:00 PM
26 Aug 1865, 8:00 PM

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

2)
Composer(s): Tucker [comp.-cond.-voc.]
Text Author: Cross
3)
aka Trapeze perileuse
8)
aka Nerves original; Nervés
Composer(s): Gordon
Text Author: Brian
10)
aka Smiggy McGhural; Smiggy McGuirrel

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 21 August 1865, 7.
2)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 26 August 1865, 159.

“The best ventilated hall in the city.”

3)
Review: New York Herald, 26 August 1865, 4.

“[E]legant, cool, well conducted.”

4)
Review: New York Clipper, 02 September 1865, 166.

“The entertainment given by the company is first class in every respect, and the audience always go away with smiling faces.”