Bryants' Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Mechanic's Hall

Price: $.25

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
21 September 2010

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

19 Jan 1863, 7:30 PM
20 Jan 1863, 7:30 PM
21 Jan 1863, 7:30 PM
22 Jan 1863, 7:30 PM
23 Jan 1863, 7:30 PM
24 Jan 1863, 7:30 PM

Program Details

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: Bryants' Minstrels; George W. [minstrel] Charles; Sherwood C. Campbell; W. W. [minstrel] Newcomb; Rollin Howard; Master [minstrel] Burnside; George W. Howard Griffin; James Morrison; Daniel Decatur Emmett; George S. Fowler [minstrel]; Frank [minstrel] Leslie; Little [minstrel] Mac; John H. Sivori; William L. [minstrel] Hobbs

2)

"Autoperipatetikos, The"

aka Autoperipatetikon

3)

Hunting a prima donna

Composer(s): Unidentified

4)

"Barbara Allen"

aka Barbary Allen; Barb'ry Allen; Barbara Ellen

5)

"That's what's the matter"

aka Dat's what's de matter

Composer(s): Foster

6)

Deaf as a post, [Ethiopian sketch]

Text Author: Leavitt, Egan

7)

Scenes at Phalon's

aka Scenes at Phalons

8)

Scenes of boyhood

9)

Blacksmith's jubilee

aka Blacksmith jubilee

Citations

1)

Announcement: New York Herald, 19 January 1863, 2.

“Each evening their hall is crowded to overflowing, their mirth-provoking programme proving an irresistible attraction to those wishing to pass away an hour or two pleasantly.”

2)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 19 January 1863, 7.

3)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 24 January 1863, 7.