Bryants’ Minstrels
Event Information
Venue(s):
Bryants’ Minstrel Hall (E. 14th St.)
Price: $.50; $.75 orchestra chair
Event Type:
Minstrel
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
5 June 2021
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
10 Jan 1870, 8:00 PM11 Jan 1870, 8:00 PM
12 Jan 1870, 8:00 PM
13 Jan 1870, 8:00 PM
14 Jan 1870, 8:00 PM
15 Jan 1870, 8:00 PM
Performers and/or Works Performed
1)
Participants: Monroe Dempster [minstrel tenor]; G. W. Rockefeller; James Unsworth; [minstrel singer] Eugene; William [minstrel tenor] Dwyer; Joseph [minstrel tenor] Brindisi; James G. [minstrel baritone] Russell; Dan Bryant; George W. Howard Griffin; William P. Grier [minstrel]; Little [minstrel] Mac
3)
aka Two gendarmes, The;
Ebony blondes;
Britain’s blondes by Africa’s Blacks;
Gens d'armes
Participants: Dan Bryant; George W. Howard Griffin
5)
aka Jocko, a mischievous monkey;
Monkeyana;
Monkey act;
Little Mac as the monkey
7)
aka Shoo fly don't bother me;
Shu fly don't bother me;
Shew fly don’t bother me
Composer(s): Howard