Bryants' Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Mechanic's Hall

Manager / Director:
Dan Bryant
Neil Bryant

Price: $.25

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
16 September 2013

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

02 Mar 1863, 7:30 PM
03 Mar 1863, 7:30 PM
04 Mar 1863, 7:30 PM
05 Mar 1863, 7:30 PM
06 Mar 1863, 7:30 PM
07 Mar 1863, 7:30 PM

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Bryants' Minstrels;  Dave [minstrel] Reed;  W. W. [minstrel] Newcomb;  Dan Bryant;  Sherwood C. Campbell;  Rollin Howard;  George W. Howard Griffin
2)
"How are you, greenbacks?"
aka How are you greenbacks?; How are you green-backs? ; How are you, greenbacks!; We're comin', Fadder Abram; We're coming, Fadder Abram; We're coming, Father Abram
Composer(s): Glover
Text Author: Griffin, Bowers
Participants:  Dan Bryant
3)
Ye old folks concert
aka Old folks’ concert; Old folk’s concerts
Participants:  Dan Bryant (role: Old Fatty Reed, ye ancient conductor)
4)
Challenge dance
5)
Deaf as a post, [Ethiopian sketch]
Text Author: Leavitt, Egan
6)
Laughing gas
aka Dr. Colton's laughing gas
Participants:  George W. Howard Griffin (role: Dr. Gas Colton)
7)
Norma, [burlesque]
aka Grand scene Norma
Participants:  Rollin Howard
8)
"Sally, come up"
aka Sally come up
Participants:  Dave [minstrel] Reed
9)
Scenes of boyhood
Participants:  W. W. [minstrel] Newcomb
10)
Essence of Little Mac
aka Mac's essence; Little Mac's essence of Old Virginia
11)
"Cruelty to Johnny"
12)
Blacksmith's jubilee
aka Blacksmith jubilee
13)
"Greenbacks!"
aka Greenbacks; Green-backs; Greenbacks! : new song for the times; How are you, greenbacks?; How are you greenbacks; How are you, green-backs;
Composer(s): Emmett
Text Author: Emmett

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 01 March 1863, 7.
“We’re Coming, Fadder Abram / An original song by E. Bowers, Esq., expressly for Dan Bryant. . . . Dan Emmett’s new Plantation Song / How Are You, Greenbacks! . . . Introducing this Excelsior Troupe in their festival scenes.” COMMENT: The song titles here are incorrect. Emmett’s song is actually called “Greenbacks, while the Bowers song is actually called, “How are you, Greenbacks?” See Database records for explanation.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 02 March 1863, 7.
3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 07 March 1863, 7.