Wood’s Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Wood's Minstrel Hall

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
16 August 2012

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

04 Dec 1865, Evening
05 Dec 1865, Evening
06 Dec 1865, Evening
07 Dec 1865, Evening
07 Dec 1865, 2:30 PM
08 Dec 1865, Evening
09 Dec 1865, Evening

Program Details

“Previous to the play the usual variety of Ethiopian Minstrelsy.”


Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Wood's Minstrels
2)
Fair Fenian fight for freedom, A

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 02 December 1865, 272.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 03 December 1865, 7.
3)
Announcement: New-York Times, 04 December 1865, 4.
4)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 09 December 1865, 278.

     “Fenianism is certainly on the brain of a large class of people on this side of the Atlantic.  Fenian dramas are being performed in a number of theatres, and in this city, three pieces of amusement are dishing the subject in after-pieces.  Manager Wood, of Wood’s Minstrels, produces this evening a drama entitled, ‘A Fair Fenian Fight for Freedom,’ introducing all the members of the company. Considerable pains have been taken to present it to the public.”

5)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 09 December 1865, 279.
6)
Review: New York Clipper, 16 December 1865, 286.

     With plot synopsis.  “The new piece . . . is a well written affair, just suited to the present Fenian excitement, and is not only well put on the stage as regards scenery, and appointments, but is capitally performed by the sable actors.”