Wood’s Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Wood's Minstrel Hall

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
24 May 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

18 Dec 1865, Evening
19 Dec 1865, Evening
20 Dec 1865, Evening
21 Dec 1865, Evening
22 Dec 1865, Evening
23 Dec 1865, Evening

Program Details

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: Wood's Minstrels

2)

Railroad explosion, The

3)

Loony Napoleon

aka Looney Napoleon

4)

Virginius and Tullius à la Forrest and McCullough

5)

Echo in the woods, The

aka Echo, or babes in the woods, The

6)

7)

Mississippi fling

8)

Champion clog dance

9)

Comic banjo solos

10)

Barnyard imitations

Citations

1)

Announcement: New York Clipper, 23 December 1865, 295.

“Wood’s Minstrels, as well known all over the country, and who have for a long time been permanently located at 514 Broadway, in this city, will close at their Hall on the 30th inst., and start out on a traveling tour.”

2)

Advertisement: New York Clipper, 23 December 1865, 295.

Includes program.