In the Local Theatres.
George Primrose and his big minstrel company & Niklas Schilzonyi
and his Hungarian Concert Band.
Wilkes Barre Record, PA. February 08, 1905
Transcribed &
Published at DVHH.org 5 May 2020 by Jody McKim
Pharr George Primrose and his big minstrel company, which is said" to be the largest and most elaborate ever organized, will be the attraction at the Nesbitt on Saturday, matinee and evening. Feb. 11, when
will be presented a real minstrel performance, headed by America's most popular and successful minstrel artist, George Primrose, assisting company of minstrel artist, humorists, comedians, singers, dancers and musicians of worldwide repute, including Niklas Schilzonyi and his Hungarian Concert Band of forty boy musicians, who have come to this country as a special feature for this company, their last engagement being
in London, England, where they played for six months, and were styled the junior rivals of Sousa.
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