Charley White’s Minstrels and Combination Company

Event Information

Venue(s):
Mechanic's Hall

Event Type:
Minstrel, Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
6 April 2013

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

13 Aug 1866, Evening
14 Aug 1866, Evening
15 Aug 1866, Evening
16 Aug 1866, Evening
17 Aug 1866, Evening
18 Aug 1866, Evening
18 Aug 1866, 2:30 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Nelse Seymour;  Charley White;  Bob [minstrel] Hart;  Florence Wells;  George R. Edeson
2)
Taming a butterfly, [minstrel parody]
3)
Black rivals, The
4)
Stupid servant, The
Text Author: White
Participants:  Charley White;  Bob [minstrel] Hart
5)
Old Fitzsimmons
Text Author: Hart
6)
John Breakall
Text Author: White
7)
Masquerade ball, The
aka Grand masquerade ball at the Fifth Avenue Opera House
Text Author: Griffin
Participants:  Bob [minstrel] Hart (role: Manager);  Florence Wells (role: Mary Hotcorn);  George R. Edeson (role: Josh Cantor);  Nelse Seymour (role: Jimmy Doolittle, a doorkeeper);  Charley White (role: Richard III, with a horse)

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 13 August 1866.
2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 13 August 1866, 5.

Includes program.

3)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 18 August 1866, 150.

     “A bill replete with all the best negro arts of the day, together with a modicum of dancing and singing, is announced for this week.”

4)
Review: New York Clipper, 25 August 1866, 158.

     “Some of the best performers in the burnt cork profession in the country.”

5)
Review: New York Clipper, 01 September 1866, 166.

     “One of the most popular and successful places of amusement in the city, for it is impossible to get a seat when the curtain rises any night, and in less than half an hour after standing room is hard to find.. . . Mr. Edeson is a very good actor and a capital pantomimist, and, when he is in the humor, can sing a comic song as good as the best of comic singers.”