Bryants’ Minstrels

Event Information

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

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
10 April 2021

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

11 Jan 1869, 7:45 PM
12 Jan 1869, 7:45 PM
13 Jan 1869, 7:45 PM
14 Jan 1869, 7:45 PM
15 Jan 1869, 7:45 PM
16 Jan 1869, 7:45 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Bryants' Minstrels;  William P. Grier [minstrel];  John P. Hogan [minstrel];  Monroe Dempster [minstrel tenor];  Ruey Hughes;  G. W. Rockefeller;  James Unsworth;  Raphael de [infant tenor] Solla;  Eugene [tenor] St. Clair;  Dan Bryant;  Nelse Seymour
2)
Gendarmes, The
aka Two gendarmes, The; Ebony blondes; Britain’s blondes by Africa’s Blacks; Gens d'armes
Participants:  Dan Bryant (role: Gabel);  Nelse Seymour
3)
Ill-true-bad-doer
aka Ill truebaddoer; Ill true bad doer; Trovatore [burlesque]
Text Author: Eugene
4)
Genevieve de Bryant
5)
Live ingin, The
aka Live injun
6)
"Love among the roses," [song]
aka All among the roses
Composer(s): Unknown composer

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 10 January 1869, 12.
2)
Announcement: New-York Times, 11 January 1869, 5.
3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 11 January 1869, 7.
4)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 16 January 1869, 326, 2d col., middle.
5)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 16 January 1869, 327.