San Francisco Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
San Francisco Minstrels Hall

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
21 June 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

18 Dec 1865, 7:45 PM
19 Dec 1865, 7:45 PM
20 Dec 1865, 7:45 PM
21 Dec 1865, 7:45 PM
22 Dec 1865, 7:45 PM
23 Dec 1865, 7:45 PM

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  San Francisco Minstrels;  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)
Police court scene
Participants:  Billy Birch [minstrel]
3)
Africaine, L’; or, Camrinus's opera of lager beer, [burlesque]
aka Gambrino's opera of lager beer; Gambrinus's opera of lager beer
4)
Startling effects of Kehoe’s clubs
5)
Triple clog dance
6)
"Nancy fat"
Composer(s): McNally [composer, conductor, minstrel]
Text Author: Reed
7)
Living photographs
aka Animated photographs; Living pictures of great artists; Living portraits

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 18 December 1865.
2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 18 December 1865, 5.
3)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 23 December 1865, 295.