Bryants’ Minstrels

Event Information

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

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
22 May 2021

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

01 Jan 1870, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Bryants' Minstrels;  Little [minstrel] Mac
2)
Jocko the monkey, [minstrel]
aka Jocko, a mischievous monkey; Monkeyana; Monkey act; Little Mac as the monkey
3)
Essence of Little Mac
aka Mac's essence; Little Mac's essence of Old Virginia
Participants:  Little [minstrel] Mac
4)
"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

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 01 January 1870, 2.