Bryants’ Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Bryants’ Minstrel Hall (E. 14th St.)

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
21 May 2018

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

28 Sep 1868, 8:00 PM
29 Sep 1868, 8:00 PM
30 Sep 1868, 8:00 PM
01 Oct 1868, 8:00 PM
02 Oct 1868, 8:00 PM
03 Oct 1868, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Bryants' Minstrels;  Monroe Dempster [minstrel tenor];  Ruey Hughes;  G. W. Rockefeller;  James Unsworth;  Dan Bryant;  [minstrel singer] Eugene;  Eph Horn;  Nelse Seymour;  Charles Henry [minstrel tenor];  William P. Grier [minstrel];  John P. Hogan [minstrel]
2)
Ballad, unidentified
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Charles Henry [minstrel tenor]
3)
Ballad, unidentified
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Monroe Dempster [minstrel tenor]
4)
Double song and dance
Participants:  John P. Hogan [minstrel];  Ruey Hughes
5)
Stump speech
aka Stump oration; Any other man
Participants:  James Unsworth
6)
Banjo solos [during minstrel shows]
Participants:  James Unsworth
7)
"Captain Jinks"
aka I'm Captain Jinks of the horse marines
Composer(s): Lingard
Participants:  Dan Bryant
8)
Lucretia Borgia, M. D.; or, La grande doctoresse, [burlesque opera]
aka Lucrezia Borgia
Text Author: Byron
Participants:  Monroe Dempster [minstrel tenor] (role: Gennaro)

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 27 September 1868.
2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 28 September 1868, 4.

“‘Lucrezia Borgia’” is an immense success at Bryant’s, and will continue until further notice. Aside from this admirable burlesque many new features have been added to their programme.”

3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 28 September 1868, 9.
4)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 03 October 1868, 207.
5)
Review: New York Clipper, 10 October 1868, 214.

“Bryants’ Minstrels continue to be well attended. The programme offered the past week was a diversified one, presenting to advantage the particular capabilities of each member of this troupe. The ballad singing of C. Henry and Dempster was deservedly applauded. The second part of the programme comprised quite a variety of entertainments—a double song and dance by Hogan and Hughes, the Julien Concert, a sketch by Eph Horn, Nelse Seymour and Rockefeller, a stump speech and a banjo solo by Unsworth, and Dan Bryant as ‘Captain Jinks.’ The burlesque on ‘Lucrezia Borgia’ is received nightly with cordial approval.”