San Francisco Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
San Francisco Minstrels Hall

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
19 July 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

14 May 1866, 8:00 PM
15 May 1866, 8:00 PM
16 May 1866, 8:00 PM
17 May 1866, 8:00 PM
18 May 1866, 8:00 PM
19 May 1866, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: San Francisco Minstrels; Billy Birch [minstrel]; David S. Wambold; William H. [minstrel] Bernard; Charley Backus; Joseph Bailey [minstrel, trumpeter]; William Henry [minstrel] Rice

2)

Mazeppa à la Menken

Participants: Charley Backus (role: Mazeppa)

3)

Children of Cyprus; or, Smiggy boys

aka Cherry and Fair Star; Children of Cypress

Participants: William H. [minstrel] Bernard; William Henry [minstrel] Rice

4)

"Susan's Sunday out"

Composer(s): Whymark

Participants: David S. Wambold

5)

I am here, [stump speech, San Francisco Minstrels]

Participants: Billy Birch [minstrel]

6)

Scenes from a domestic drama

7)

"Wicklow jig, The"

Citations

1)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 14 May 1866.

2)

Announcement: New York Clipper, 19 May 1866, 46.

“Jos. Bailey, who does many sweet sounds evoke from the brazen throat of the cornopean, is to make his appearance this evening with the San Francisco Minstrels. This troupe of black-eyed melodists and comics have a nice, comfortable time of it in exchanging notes for notes with their patrons.”