San Francisco Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
San Francisco Minstrels Hall

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
8 October 2012

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

11 Sep 1865, Evening
12 Sep 1865, Evening
13 Sep 1865, Evening
14 Sep 1865, Evening
15 Sep 1865, Evening
16 Sep 1865, Evening

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  San Francisco Minstrels;  Dick Sands [minstrel dancer];  Billy Birch [minstrel];  David S. Wambold;  William H. [minstrel] Bernard;  Charley Backus;  James H. [minstrel song and dance] Cooper;  William [minstrel song and dance] Fields
2)
Trouble at the Metropolitan Hotel
aka Troubles at the Metropolitan Hotel
3)
Serious family, The, [burlesque]
4)
Dying brigand, The
5)
Imitations of actors
aka Imitations of famous actors; Imitations of popular actors; Limitations of great actors; Parlor theatricals

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 11 September 1865, 7.

“First appearance of Dick Sands, the wonderful clog dancer. . . . New songs and dances by Cooper and Fields.”

COMMENT: Sands filled in for Tim Hayes the previous Friday, September 8.

2)
Review: New York Clipper, 16 September 1865, 182.

“The San Francisco Minstrels are now in the nineteenth week of their stay in this city, and they are attracting crowded houses every night. . . . This week there is to be a change of bill, and the boys will appear in several new acts.”