Wood's Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Wood's Minstrel Hall

Proprietor / Lessee:
Henry Wood [minstrel]

Price: $.25

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
5 August 2010

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

03 Nov 1862, 7:30 PM
04 Nov 1862, 7:30 PM
05 Nov 1862, 7:30 PM
06 Nov 1862, 7:30 PM
07 Nov 1862, 7:30 PM
08 Nov 1862, 7:30 PM

Program Details

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: Wood's Minstrels; R. C. B. Isaacs; E. H. Florence; Edward [minstrel] Haslam; Raffaelle Abecco; Charles Henry [minstrel tenor]; James W. [minstrel] Glenn; P. B. Isaacs; J. Leis; Eph Horn; M. Lewis [minstrel]; Charley [minstrel] Fox; James Garatagua; Frank Brower; Cool White [minstrel]; H. Schwicardi

2)

Jullien burlesque, The

aka Julien burlesque; Julian burlesque; Monster Jullien concert

3)

"Day in the country, A"

4)

"Traitor’s fate, The"

5)

Broadway belle, The

6)

"Cerevisiamoptimanafontibusoptimis"

aka Cenerisiamoptimamfontibusoptimis

7)

"We all belong to the Union Army"

Citations

1)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 03 November 1862, 7.

2)

Announcement: New York Clipper, 08 November 1862, 238.

“Wood’s Minstrels continue their successes. . . . The ladies visit this place in large numbers, and appear to enjoy the entertainments amazingly. . . . The ushers here are very attentive to their duties, and in fact all connected with the establishment are polite and attentive to the patrons of the house.”

3)

Advertisement: New York Clipper, 08 November 1862.

Cast, pieces.