Bryants' Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Mechanic's Hall

Price: $.25

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
31 August 2010

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

09 Feb 1863, 7:30 PM
10 Feb 1863, 7:30 PM
11 Feb 1863, 7:30 PM
12 Feb 1863, 7:30 PM
13 Feb 1863, 7:30 PM
14 Feb 1863, 7:30 PM

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Bryants' Minstrels;  Little [minstrel] Mac;  Dave [minstrel] Reed;  W. W. [minstrel] Newcomb;  Dan Bryant;  Sherwood C. Campbell;  Rollin Howard;  George W. Howard Griffin
2)
Laughing gas
aka Dr. Colton's laughing gas
Participants:  Dan Bryant (role: imitating Edwin Booth as Cardinal Richelieu);  Rollin Howard (role: imitating Miss C. Cushman as Meg Merrilees);  George W. Howard Griffin (role: Prof. Gas Colton);  Dave [minstrel] Reed;  W. W. [minstrel] Newcomb
3)
Italian airs by native artists
aka Italian airs sung by native artists; Italian airs; Burlesque on Italian airs; Italian opera burlesque
Composer(s): Unidentified
4)
"Sally, come up"
aka Sally come up
Participants:  Dave [minstrel] Reed
5)
Blacksmith's jubilee
aka Blacksmith jubilee
6)
"Gideon's band"
Composer(s): Dodworth
7)
Bosom friends, The, [burlesque]
8)
Women's rights lecture
aka Woman's rights lecture; Women's suffrage speech
Participants:  W. W. [minstrel] Newcomb
9)
"Miss-Souri fling"
Participants:  Little [minstrel] Mac (role: 1st time)
10)
Deaf as a post, [Ethiopian sketch]
Text Author: Leavitt, Egan
11)
"High Daddy"
Composer(s): Emmett

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Herald, 09 February 1863.
2)
Announcement: New York Post, 11 February 1863, 2.
3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 14 February 1863, 7.
Time, price, performers, pieces.