Bryants’ Minstrels

Event Information

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

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
7 November 2020

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

11 Oct 1869, Evening
12 Oct 1869, Evening
13 Oct 1869, Evening
14 Oct 1869, Evening
15 Oct 1869, Evening
16 Oct 1869, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

3)
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

Citations

1)
Review: New York Clipper, 23 September 1869, 230, 3d col.

“Excepting on two evenings of the past week, Bryants’ Minstrels performed to large and delighted audiences, as was manifested by the frequent outbursts of laughter and the many encores given. Dan Bryant keeps his act of ‘The Black Statue’ on the bills, and he creates considerable laughter by giving what he calls poses of  ‘Kit Burns fastening his sandals before King Solomon,’ ‘The Fighting Gladiator before the Excise Commissioners,’ and ‘George Washington taking a drink at three o’clock in the morning at Chris. Conner’s.’ Dan Bryant and Dave Reed also did Delehanty and Hengler’s song and dance of ‘Shoo Fly, Don’t Bodder Me,’ but dressing it entirely different from the originals. They, however, had the original music and most of the business and did the act very well. The balance of the programme was replete with laughable acts.”

2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 11 October 1869, 12.
3)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 16 October 1869, 223.