Bryants’ Minstrels
Event Information
Venue(s):
Bryants’ Minstrel Hall (E. 14th St.)
Event Type:
Minstrel
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
12 December 2020
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
25 Oct 1869, Evening26 Oct 1869, Evening
27 Oct 1869, Evening
28 Oct 1869, Evening
29 Oct 1869, Evening
30 Oct 1869, Evening
Performers and/or Works Performed
1)
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
3)
“Dan Bryant and Dave Reed appear to suffer as much from flies this cold weather as in regular fly time, for they are singing every night ‘Shoo Fly Don’t Bodder Me,” at their minstrel hall, and crowded audiences not only laugh heartily over their apparent troubles, but applaud until they come out and ‘suffer some more.’ This double act introduced here by Delehanty and Hengler has been made a good one by Dan Bryant and Dave Reed, and has proved one of their most pleasing performances.”