Wood's Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Wood's Minstrel Hall

Proprietor / Lessee:
Henry Wood [minstrel]

Price: $.25

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
3 September 2010

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

27 Oct 1862, 7:45 PM
28 Oct 1862, 7:45 PM
29 Oct 1862, 7:45 PM
30 Oct 1862, 7:45 PM
31 Oct 1862, 7:45 PM
01 Nov 1862, 7:45 PM

Program Details

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: Wood's Minstrels; R. C. B. Isaacs; E. H. Florence; Edward [minstrel] Haslam; Raffaelle Abecco; Charles Henry [minstrel tenor]; James W. [minstrel] Glenn; P. B. Isaacs; J. Leis; Eph Horn; M. Lewis [minstrel]; Charley [minstrel] Fox; James Garatagua; Frank Brower; Cool White [minstrel]; H. Schwicardi

2)

"Cerevisiamoptimanafontibusoptimis"

aka Cenerisiamoptimamfontibusoptimis

3)

Hamlet, [burlesque (Unknown author)]

Text Author: Unknown playwright

4)

Wall Street brokers

5)

Happy Uncle Tom

aka Ghost of happy Uncle Tom, The

6)

Smiggy McGlural

aka Smiggy McGhural; Smiggy McGuirrel

7)

8)

"We all belong to the Union Army"

Citations

1)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 27 October 1862, 7.

2)

Advertisement: New York Clipper, 01 November 1862.

3)

Announcement: New York Clipper, 01 November 1862.

“Wood’s are favorites with the ladies, without a doubt; for the majority of those who visit Wood’s splendid hall are of the feminine persuasion. . . . Such sweet singing, and such instrumental performances, are seldom heard in a minstrel entertainment.”