Christy’s Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Fifth Avenue Opera House

Price: $.75 parquet; .50 balcony (“sofa seats”)

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
27 October 2012

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

15 Jan 1866, 8:00 PM
16 Jan 1866, 8:00 PM
17 Jan 1866, 8:00 PM
18 Jan 1866, 8:00 PM
19 Jan 1866, 8:00 PM
20 Jan 1866, Matinee
20 Jan 1866, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Christy's Minstrels;  Charles [Christy's Minstrels] Melville;  George N. Christy;  Frank [minstrel] Leslie;  Napoleon W. Gould;  William S. Budworth;  W. W. [minstrel] Hodgkins;  George L. [Christy's Minstrels] Hall
2)
Mrs. Day’s New Year’s calls for 1866
aka Sam in cork
Text Author: Christy
3)
Faithful servant, A

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Herald, 15 January 1866.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 15 January 1866.