Wood’s Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Wood's Minstrel Hall

Proprietor / Lessee:
Henry Wood [minstrel]

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
10 June 2012

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

28 Aug 1865, 8:00 PM

Program Details

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: Wood's Minstrels; Sam S. [Ethiopian comedian] Purdy; W. D. [minstrel] Corrister; Frank Brower; Cool White [minstrel]; Charles Henry [minstrel tenor]; James W. [minstrel] Glenn

2)

Ghost, The, [minstrel act]

3)

"Poor old maids"

aka Old maids' lament, The ; Old maid's lament; Old maids lament; Poor old spinsters; Old maids

Composer(s): M.

4)

Talent appreciated

5)

Challenge dance

6)

Miller and his men, The, [minstrel version]

aka Miller and his man

7)

"Bounty jumpers lament"

aka Bounty jumpers

Composer(s): Arlington

Text Author: Murphy

8)

Champion clog dance

9)

"Don’t get weary"

aka Don't get weary yet

Citations

1)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 01 September 1865.

2)

Advertisement: New York Clipper, 02 September 1865, 167.

3)

Review: New York Clipper, 09 September 1865, 174.

comments on “the delightful ballad singing of Henry and Corrister, the funnyisms of Purdy and Glenn, and the laughable eccentricities of Uncle Frank Bower, and Cool White . . . Our country friends who wish to see a good minstrel entertainment should bear in mind Wood’s Minstrels.”