Wood’s Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Wood's Minstrel Hall

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
9 August 2012

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

02 Oct 1865, Evening
03 Oct 1865, Evening
04 Oct 1865, Evening
05 Oct 1865, Evening
06 Oct 1865, Evening
07 Oct 1865, Evening

Program Details

First appearance of Vayo, “the Cuban wonder.”

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Wood's Minstrels;  Louis Vayo [minstrel]
2)
Fall of Mexico
Participants:  Louis Vayo [minstrel]
3)
Jullien burlesque, The
aka Julien burlesque; Julian burlesque; Monster Jullien concert
4)
Jullien burlesque, The
aka Julien burlesque; Julian burlesque; Monster Jullien concert
5)
Mississippi fling
6)
Haunted house, The, [minstrel sketch]
aka Echo
7)
Stranger, The, [minstrel parody]
aka Strangers
8)
"Nerves, The"
aka Nerves original; Nervés
Composer(s): Gordon
Text Author: Brian
9)
"Bounty jumpers lament"
aka Bounty jumpers
Composer(s): Arlington
Text Author: Murphy
10)
Champion clog dance
11)
Silver trumpet, The

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 01 October 1865.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Daily Tribune, 02 October 1865.
3)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 07 October 1865, 206.

“A new face is added to the already large company.  Louis Vayo will appear in his imitation of birds . . .  Frank Brower, the popular Ethiopian comedian, and who has been connected with the New York stage for the past four years, has left us for a while.  He withdrew from Wood’s Minstrels on Sept. 30th.”

4)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 07 October 1865, 207.
5)
Review: New York Clipper, 14 October 1865, 214.

“Frank Moran, who had been engaged for the season left last week because he could not have his name at the top of the bills all the time, and in type two or three inches longer than any one else in the company.  If his talents had attracted crowded houses, he would no doubt have been so favored, but failing to get what he wanted, he left.”