Bryants’ Minstrels

Event Information

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

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
5 August 2019

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

07 Dec 1868, 7:45 PM
08 Dec 1868, 7:45 PM
09 Dec 1868, 7:45 PM
10 Dec 1868, 7:45 PM
11 Dec 1868, 7:45 PM
12 Dec 1868, 2:00 PM
12 Dec 1868, 7:45 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Bryants' Minstrels;  Raphael de Solla
2)
Ill-true-bad-doer
aka Ill truebaddoer; Ill true bad doer; Trovatore [burlesque]
Text Author: Eugene
Participants:  James Unsworth;  [minstrel singer] Eugene
3)
Love among the roses, [ballet]
4)
Gendarmes, The
aka Two gendarmes, The; Ebony blondes; Britain’s blondes by Africa’s Blacks; Gens d'armes
Participants:  Dan Bryant;  Harry Seymour
5)
After dark, [burlesque]
aka After dark's
6)
Stump speech
aka Stump oration; Any other man
Participants:  James Unsworth
7)
Banjo solos [during minstrel shows]

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 06 December 1868.
2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 07 December 1868, 6.
3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 07 December 1868, 7.
4)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 11 December 1868, 5.
5)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 12 December 1868, 286, 3d col., bottom.
6)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 12 December 1868, 287.
7)
Announcement: New-York Times, 12 December 1868, 4.