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:
25 August 2010

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

29 Dec 1862, 7:30 PM
30 Dec 1862, 7:30 PM
31 Dec 1862, 7:30 PM
01 Jan 1863, 7:30 PM
02 Jan 1863, 7:30 PM
03 Jan 1863, 7:30 PM

Program Details



Current Events keyword because of Dinorah.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Wood's Minstrels;  Frank B. Converse;  Frank Brower;  Cool White [minstrel];  H. Schwicardi;  R. C. B. Isaacs;  C. J . [minstrel] Lockwood;  Edward [minstrel] Haslam;  Charles Henry [minstrel tenor];  James W. [minstrel] Glenn;  P. B. Isaacs;  J. Leis;  M. Lewis [minstrel];  Eph Horn;  James Garatagua;  Charley [minstrel] Fox
2)
Othello, [burlesque]
aka Dar’s de money
3)
Happy Uncle Tom
aka Ghost of happy Uncle Tom, The
4)
"Four vultures, The"
5)
Dinah: the pardon of Pell Mell
aka Dinah – (Dinorah), The Pardon Pell Mell
Text Author: Wood [minstrel]

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Herald, 29 December 1862.
“[C]rowded every evening, the burlesque of ‘Dinorah’ proving a great attraction.”
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 29 December 1862, 7.
“Previous to the opera a grand Drawing Room entertainment by Woods Minstrels.”
3)
Announcement: New York Herald, 01 January 1863, 4.
“The splendid burlesque of ‘Dinorah’ is the feature . . . and Grau ought to see the affair and take a lesson in management.”
4)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 03 January 1863, 7.