Christy's Minstrels
Event Information
Venue(s):
Christy’s Minstrel Hall
Proprietor / Lessee:
George N. Christy
John N. Briggs
Price: $.25; .15 children; $3 and $4 private boxes
Event Type:
Minstrel
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
3 August 2010
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
20 Oct 1862, 7:45 PM21 Oct 1862, 7:45 PM
22 Oct 1862, 7:45 PM
23 Oct 1862, 7:45 PM
24 Oct 1862, 7:45 PM
25 Oct 1862, 3:00 PM
25 Oct 1862, 7:45 PM
Program Details
Performers and/or Works Performed
Citations
1)
4th week of Mischievous monkey. “First night of the Bedouin Arabs Of Color In Their Wonderful Poses And Tours De Force. Great feats in mid-air, wonderful Evolutions on the Tight Tope and Tourbillons d’Airaque [sic] by George Christy.”
2)
“[B]y far the most refined and most respectably attended place of Ethiopian minstrelsy in the City. The entertainments offered there are rich and varied enough to suit the taste of everybody.”