San Francisco Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
San Francisco Minstrels Hall

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
14 June 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

29 Jan 1866, 7:45 PM
30 Jan 1866, 7:45 PM
31 Jan 1866, 7:45 PM
01 Feb 1866, 7:45 PM
02 Feb 1866, 7:45 PM
03 Feb 1866, 7:45 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: San Francisco Minstrels; Billy Birch [minstrel]; David S. Wambold; William H. [minstrel] Bernard; Charley Backus; Charles Templeton; Ainsley Scott; James W. [minstrel] Glenn

2)

I am here, [stump speech, San Francisco Minstrels]

Participants: Billy Birch [minstrel]

3)

Africaine, L’; or, Camrinus's opera of lager beer, [burlesque]

aka Gambrino's opera of lager beer; Gambrinus's opera of lager beer

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

4)

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

Text Author: Reed

5)

aka Wild Irish jig

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

6)

Othello and Macbeth

7)

Donniker’s dream

8)

Vocal quartets, unidentified

Participants: Ainsley Scott; James W. [minstrel] Glenn; David S. Wambold; Charles Templeton

9)

Double clog dance

aka Double clog reel; Double clog exercises

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

10)

Flying trapeze, [burlesque]

11)

12)

Still so gently; or, Kehoe’s developing system

Citations

1)

Announcement: New York Herald, 29 January 1866.

2)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 29 January 1866, 7.

Works, performers.

3)

Review: New York Clipper, 10 February 1866, 350.

“It is really astonishing to see the continued rush of visitors to this Minstrel Hall. There seems to be no let up. Not that they are not deserving of it; on the contrary, they give a first class show, and seem to please every one…We have visited them from two to three times a week, ever since they first opened, and we have yet to see a poor house.”