Theater playbill for Sanford's Opera Troupe and Minstrels at Philharmonic Hall, Washington, D.C., February 15, 1860
Contributors: Sanford's Opera Troupe; Polkinhorn's Steam Printing Office; Philharmonic Hall (Washington, D.C.); Theater Playbills and Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: H. Polkinhorn's Steam Job Press, D. st. near 7th.
Published: 1860
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Other titles: World-renowned Sanford's Opera Troup and Minstrels! The great comedian of the age, S.S. Sanford
Description: Philharmonic Hall (Penn. Avenue, South side, above Eleventh Street) Wednesday ev'g, Feb. 15, 1860. First appearances of the World-renowned Sanford's Opera Troup and Minstrels! The great comedian of the age, S.S. Sanford, the pioneer of minstrelsy, acknowledged by the Press and the Public as having the best Troupe of Minstrels in the World, will appear this Wednesday ev'g, February 15 ... Sanford and his associates are the stars of the profession. Ole Bull Myers, John Landis, M. Edmonds, E. Perrine, Mast. Lewis, Hughes, Paul Berger, Vonbonhorst, Kavanagh and S.S. Sanford whose names are household words, and a sufficient guarantee of the capabilities of the Troupe, together with additional favorites, form a complete troupe capable of producing all the beauties of minstrelsy ... Thursday ev'g, change of programme.
Notes: Title devised by Library staff from item.

LC copy rehoused: 2014-10-02. Shelved in Oversize.

In: American theater programs of the late 19th and 20th centuries (Library of Congress).
Table of contents: title: Programme: Part I. Overture / Myers, Edmonds and Band; title: Opening Chorus / Sanford's Troupe; title: Oh, my love is gone: original / Sanford; title: Moonlit Sea / Perrine; title: John Morgan / Landis; title: See! Sir, See / Kavanagh; title: Bonny Eloise / Mast. Lewis; title: Boy with the Auburn Hair / Sanford; title: Mountain Kate / Paul Berger; title: Comic Chant: original / Sanford; title: Part II. Rattlesnake Reel / by the Great Hughes; title: The Old Sexton: in character / Paul Berger; title: War Song and Dance: original / Sanford; title: Scenes in Mesmerism! / Landis, Myers and Hughes; title: Banjo Solo / J. Vonbonhorst; title: Burlesque Circus / Sanford as Clown, Myers as Ring-Master; title: Hughes in his Act of Horsemanship, Ground and Lofty Tumbling, Pyramids, Feats of Strength and Agility, Balancing, &c / by the Company; title: Violin Solo / M. Edmonds; title: Highland Fling / Master Lewis; title: The French Dancing Master / Mons. Terpsichore: Sanford, Pupil: Master Lewis; title: To conclude with the last New Plantation Scene Dixie's Land characteristic Negroes by the Company.