Bryants’ Minstrels
Event Information
Venue(s):
Bryants’ Minstrel Hall (E. 14th St.)
Event Type:
Minstrel
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
4 July 2020
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
29 Dec 1869, Evening30 Dec 1869, Evening
31 Dec 1869, Evening
Program Details
Different program advertised for the first half of the week; see separate event entry.
Performers and/or Works Performed
1)
Participants: Bryants' Minstrels; William P. Grier [minstrel]; Dave [minstrel] Reed; Monroe Dempster [minstrel tenor]; G. W. Rockefeller; James Unsworth; [minstrel singer] Eugene; William [minstrel tenor] Dwyer; James G. [minstrel baritone] Russell; Dan Bryant; [minstrel] Brindisi; George W. Howard Griffin
2)
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; Dave [minstrel] Reed
6)
aka Two gendarmes, The;
Ebony blondes;
Britain’s blondes by Africa’s Blacks;
Gens d'armes
Participants: Dan Bryant; George W. Howard Griffin