Bryants’ Minstrels

Event Information

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

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
9 January 2019

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

19 Oct 1868, 8:00 PM
20 Oct 1868, 8:00 PM
21 Oct 1868, 8:00 PM
22 Oct 1868, 8:00 PM
23 Oct 1868, 8:00 PM
24 Oct 1868, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Bryants' Minstrels;  [minstrel singer] Eugene;  Eph Horn;  Nelse Seymour;  Charles Henry [minstrel tenor];  William P. Grier [minstrel];  John P. Hogan [minstrel];  Monroe Dempster [minstrel tenor];  Ruey Hughes;  G. W. Rockefeller;  Dan Bryant;  James Unsworth;  Rollin Howard
2)
Lucretia Borgia, M. D.; or, La grande doctoresse, [burlesque opera]
aka Lucrezia Borgia
Text Author: Byron
Participants:  Monroe Dempster [minstrel tenor] (role: Gennaro);  James Unsworth (role: Orsini);  [minstrel singer] Eugene (role: Mrs. Dr. L. Borgia);  Eph Horn (role: The Princess);  Nelse Seymour (role: The Duke)
3)
Challenge dance
Participants:  Dan Bryant
4)
"Captain Jinks"
aka I'm Captain Jinks of the horse marines
Composer(s): Lingard
Participants:  Dan Bryant
5)
No thoroughfare, [burlesque]

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 18 October 1868.
2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 19 October 1868, 3.

“Lucrezia Borgia” continues.

3)
Announcement: New-York Times, 19 October 1868, 5.
4)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 23 October 1868, 4.
5)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 24 October 1868, 231.