Christy's Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Christy’s Minstrel Hall

Proprietor / Lessee:
George N. Christy
John N. Briggs

Price: $.25; .15 children; $3 and $4 private boxes

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
12 August 2010

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

17 Nov 1862, 7:45 PM
18 Nov 1862, 7:45 PM
19 Nov 1862, 7:45 PM
20 Nov 1862, 7:45 PM
21 Nov 1862, 7:45 PM
22 Nov 1862, 3:00 PM
22 Nov 1862, 7:45 PM

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Christy's Minstrels;  George N. Christy
2)
Black blunders
Text Author: Bleecker
Participants:  George N. Christy (role: Julius Crow)
3)
Bedouin Arabs
aka Bedouin Arabs of color

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 16 November 1862, 7.
2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 17 November 1862, 2.
“We have now four companies of minstrels in New York – viz Wood’s, Bryants’, Christy’s and Campbell’s – all doing an excellent business.”
3)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 17 November 1862.
4)
Announcement: New-York Times, 17 November 1862, 5.
5)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 17 November 1862, 7.
“First night of the new Farce, written by Sylvester Bleecker, entitled BLACK BLUNDERS.”
6)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 22 November 1862, 7.
7)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 22 November 1862, 7.