Bryants’ Minstrels

Event Information

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

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
28 June 2020

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

27 Dec 1869, Evening
28 Dec 1869, Evening

Program Details

Different program advertised for the second half of the week; see separate event entry. The Carrolls did not appear as advertised (see New York Clipper review).

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Bryants' Minstrels;  Joseph [minstrel tenor] Brindisi;  Dan Bryant;  James G. [minstrel baritone] Russell;  George W. Howard Griffin;  William P. Grier [minstrel];  Dave [minstrel] Reed;  Monroe Dempster [minstrel tenor];  G. W. Rockefeller;  James Unsworth;  [minstrel singer] Eugene;  William [minstrel tenor] Dwyer
2)
"Shoo fly, don't bodder me"
aka Shoo fly don't bother me; Shu fly don't bother me; Shew fly don’t bother me
Composer(s): Howard
Participants:  Dan Bryant

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 26 December 1869, 2.
2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 27 December 1869, 5.

“‘Shoo, Fly’ is still the sensation at Bryant’s Minstrels. Though on the bills for over two months it is apparently as fresh as ever, and with Dan’s vigor infused into it will probably remain the attraction for some time to come.”

3)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 01 January 1870, 310.

“R. M. Carroll opens an engagement with Bryants’ Minstrels this evening in conjunction with his boy, who is said to be very clever.”

4)
Review: New York Clipper, 08 January 1870, 318, col. 3.

“R. H. [sic] Carroll failed to appear at all during the past week with Bryants’ Minstrels, although some of our contemporaries gave him the credit of having made a hit there. We understand that Mr. Carroll, who was well at rehearsal on the morning of December 27th, was taken sick before that night, and continued so during the week. Business continues immense with this party, the hall being densely crowded every night.”