Wood’s Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Wood's Minstrel Hall

Proprietor / Lessee:
Henry Wood [minstrel]

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
10 January 2013

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

24 Jul 1865, 8:00 PM
25 Jul 1865, 8:00 PM
26 Jul 1865, 8:00 PM
27 Jul 1865, 8:00 PM
28 Jul 1865, 8:00 PM
29 Jul 1865, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Wood's Minstrels;  Sam S. [Ethiopian comedian] Purdy;  Frank Brower
2)
Nary a porgie; or, The Virginia divorce
aka Nary a porgy
Participants:  Frank Brower (role: Shaun);  Sam S. [Ethiopian comedian] Purdy (role: Mediah)
3)
"Active boy, The"
4)
"Bounty jumpers lament"
aka Bounty jumpers
Composer(s): Arlington
Text Author: Murphy
5)
"Jack on the green"
Composer(s): Emmett
Text Author: Emmett
6)
Conscripts, The
7)
Loony Napoleon
aka Looney Napoleon
8)
Challenge dance
9)
Champion clog dance

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 24 July 1865, 7.
2)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 29 July 1865, 127.
3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 29 July 1865, 7.