San Francisco Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
San Francisco Minstrels Hall

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
27 September 2022

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

26 Feb 1866, 7:45 PM
27 Feb 1866, 7:45 PM
28 Feb 1866, 7:45 PM
01 Mar 1866, 7:45 PM
02 Mar 1866, 7:45 PM
03 Mar 1866, 7:45 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: San Francisco Minstrels; James H. [minstrel song and dance] Cooper; William [minstrel song and dance] Fields; William Henry [minstrel] Rice; Billy Birch [minstrel]; David S. Wambold; William H. [minstrel] Bernard; Charley Backus

2)

Police court scene

Participants: Billy Birch [minstrel]

3)

Child stealers

Participants: William H. [minstrel] Bernard; William Henry [minstrel] Rice

4)

aka Nerves original; Nervés

Composer(s): Gordon

Text Author: Brian

5)

Who killed Cock Robin?, [burlesque]

6)

aka Clog reel

7)

8)

Composer(s): McNally [composer, conductor, minstrel]

Text Author: Reed

9)

Dying brigand, The

10)

"I will be true to thee"

aka Then I'll be true to thee

Composer(s): Foster

Text Author: Foster

11)

"Pop goes the weasel"

Composer(s): Traditional

12)

"Blue-eyed Nelly"

aka Blue-eyed Nellie

Composer(s): Blamphin

Text Author: Blamphin

13)

"Sausage butcher, The"

14)

"Nothing else to do"

Participants: James H. [minstrel song and dance] Cooper; William [minstrel song and dance] Fields

Citations

1)

Announcement: New York Herald, 26 February 1866, 5.

Some works.

2)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 26 February 1866.

3)

Announcement: New York Clipper, 03 March 1866.

4)

Review: New York Clipper, 10 March 1866, 382.

“Such crowds as continue to witness the performances of the San Francisco Minstrels we’ve never before seen in any minstrel hall in this city. We attended on the evening of the 3d inst. And although we were on hand as soon as the performance commenced, there was not a vacant seat in the house, and as a comfortable standing spot was difficult to find, we left without witnessing their laughable eccentricities.”