Theater playbill for Sanford's Opera Troupe and Minstrels at Philharmonic Hall, Washington, D.C., February 17, 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: Last night but one of the World-renowned Sanford's Opera Troupe and Minstrels! The great comedian of the age, S.S. Sanford
Description: Philharmonic Hall (Penn. Avenue, South side, above Eleventh Street) Friday ev'g, Feb. 17, 1860. Last night but one of the World-renowned Sanford's Opera Troupe 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 Friday evening, February 17th ... 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 ... Saturday, Farewell night.
Notes: Title devised by Library staff from item.

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: The Lad I Adore / Sanford; title: Oh, gently breathe / Perrine; title: Laughing Song / Landis; title: Speak of a man as you find him / Kavanagh; title: Shells of the Ocean / Mast. Lewis; title: I love my love in the morning / Sanford; title: Mountain Kate / Paul Berger; title: Comic Chant: original / Sanford; title: Part II. Champion Jig / by the Great Hughes; title: Ballad / Mast. Lewis; title: Shula-Gra Brothers / Sanford, Hughes, Perrine, and Kavanagh; title: Banjo Solo / J. Vonbonhorst; title: Banjo Duett / Landis and Vonbonhorst; title: Vilikins and his Dinah / Sanford; title: Fancy Dance / Master Lewis; title: Violin Solo / M. Edmonds; title: The Pantomimist Violinist / Landis and Myers; title: To conclude with Come Out The Wilderness! characteristic Negroes by the Company.