Sam Sharpley’s Ironclad Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Hooley’s Minstrel Hall

Proprietor / Lessee:
Samuel M. Sharpley
Samuel S. Sanford

Manager / Director:
Samuel M. Sharpley

Price: $.25

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
10 January 2013

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

24 Jul 1865, Evening
25 Jul 1865, Evening
26 Jul 1865, Evening
27 Jul 1865, Evening
28 Jul 1865, Evening
29 Jul 1865, Evening

Program Details

Benefit of Sanford on Saturday.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Sam Sharpley's Minstrels;  Professor E. T. [minstrel] Blackmer;  Jules Stratton [minstrel];  Thomas [minstrel] Sears;  Samuel M. Sharpley;  J. F. [minstrel] Sullivan;  Samuel S. Sanford;  Richard [minstrel] Escott;  John [minstrel vocalist] Williams;  Edwin [banjo] French;  John [minstrel] Masterson;  Hughey [minstrel] Dougherty;  Gil [minstrel] Pond;  A. C. (Alfred) [minstrel] Stone;  John Ambrose [minstrel];  Cal [minstrel] Wagner;  Frank Bowles;  Master Archie [minstrel] Sharpley;  William H. [minstrel] Chambers

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 24 July 1865, 7.
2)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 29 July 1865, 126.

     “Samuel S. Sanford, the veteran manager of burnt cork, takes a benefit on the 29th inst., at Sam Sharpley’s Minstrel Hall, in the Bowery.  Samuel will, no doubt, take the end for this occasion only.”

3)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 29 July 1865, 128.
4)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 29 July 1865, 7.
5)
Review: New York Clipper, 05 August 1865, 134.

     “Sharpley’s Minstrels closed their season in the Bowery, on the 29th July.  The wind-up entertainments were inferior to those of the opening week, owing to mismanagement and inattention to their duties by some members of the troupe.”