San Francisco Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
San Francisco Minstrels Hall

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
30 November 2015

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

18 Feb 1867, 7:45 PM
19 Feb 1867, 7:45 PM
20 Feb 1867, 7:45 PM
21 Feb 1867, 7:45 PM
22 Feb 1867, 7:45 PM
23 Feb 1867, 7:45 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: African ballet troupe; William H. [minstrel] Bernard; Charley Backus; Billy Birch [minstrel]; David S. Wambold

2)

"Will you come to meet me, darling"

aka Will you come home to meet me, darling?; When my feet have grown too weary

Composer(s): Root

Text Author: Baker

Participants: David S. Wambold

3)

Trouble at the Metropolitan Hotel

aka Troubles at the Metropolitan Hotel

4)

Living photographs

aka Animated photographs; Living pictures of great artists; Living portraits

5)

Africaine, L’; or, Camrinus's opera of lager beer, [burlesque]

aka Gambrino's opera of lager beer; Gambrinus's opera of lager beer

6)

Composer(s): McNally [composer, conductor, minstrel]

Text Author: Reed

7)

Shadow pantomime

8)

Black cook, The, [COOK--no R; this is the ballet, not the play at Niblo's!]

aka Greasy black cook; Screaming black cook, The; Screaming black crook; Little crooks

Citations

1)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 17 February 1867.

2)

Advertisement: New York Clipper, 23 February 1867, 368.

3)

Review: New York Herald, 23 February 1867, 5.

“…The San Francisco and Kelly & Leon’s minstrels were favored with a fair share of public support, the admirers of the burnt cork business having turned out in goodly numbers.”