San Francisco Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
San Francisco Minstrels Hall

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
30 July 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

10 Sep 1866, Evening
11 Sep 1866, Evening
12 Sep 1866, Evening
13 Sep 1866, Evening
14 Sep 1866, Evening
15 Sep 1866, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

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LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: San Francisco Minstrels; Charley Backus; Charles Templeton; James H. [minstrel song and dance] Cooper; William [minstrel song and dance] Fields; John B. Donniker; Walter [minstrel, tenor] Birch; Joseph Bailey [minstrel, trumpeter]; David S. Wambold; William H. [minstrel] Bernard

2)

aka Susey Brown; Susie Brown; Susey Browne; Susy Browne; Susie Browne; Miss Susie Brown

3)

Contraband College, The; or, The Hilton Head Institute

4)

Italian airs by native artists

aka Italian airs sung by native artists; Italian airs; Burlesque on Italian airs; Italian opera burlesque

Composer(s): Unidentified

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Happy family, The

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"Wicklow jig, The"

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Talent on a bust

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Wine merchant, The

Citations

1)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 10 September 1866, 7.

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Review: New York Herald, 12 September 1866, 7.

“This popular company has no superior in point of wit, humor, music, and dancing in America. The tenor ballad of Messrs. Wambold and Templeton, the admirable quartette of really good singers, the dancing of Messrs. Cooper and Fields, the instrumental solos of Messrs. Donniker and Bailey and above all the side-splitting jokes of Billy Birch and Charley Backus, nightly attract crowded houses. There is no better place in which a person can enjoy a hearty laugh and rid himself of ennui and care. Last night was but a sample of the other nights of the season—everything on the bill was good. Messrs. Wambold and Templeton ought not, however, immure their really good, fresh tenor voices in a minstrel hall. Let them follow the examples of Castle and Campbell, and they may attain the same success.”

3)

Advertisement: New York Clipper, 15 September 1866, 184.