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:
4 September 2021
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
14 Feb 1870, 8:00 PM15 Feb 1870, 8:00 PM
16 Feb 1870, 8:00 PM
17 Feb 1870, 8:00 PM
18 Feb 1870, 8:00 PM
19 Feb 1870, 8:00 PM
Performers and/or Works Performed
1)
Participants: Bryants' Minstrels; G. W. Rockefeller; James Unsworth; [minstrel singer] Eugene; William [minstrel tenor] Dwyer; Dan Bryant; Joseph [minstrel tenor] Brindisi; George W. Howard Griffin; James G. [minstrel baritone] Russell; William P. Grier [minstrel]; Little [minstrel] Mac; Dave [minstrel] Reed; Monroe Dempster [minstrel tenor]
2)
aka Tin panonion;
Tin-pan-on-ion;
Tinpanonion;
Tin pan onion;
Tin Pano-ni-on;
Tin-pan-o-ni-on
6)
aka Taming the elephant;
Baby elephant;
Pet elephant
Participants: Little [minstrel] Mac; James Unsworth
7)
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
2)
“’Shoo Fly,’ a most excellent illustration of which will be found on our first page [Bryant and Reed performing the song and dance], is the reigning sensation, and Dan Bryant and Dave Reed are called out to repeat it every evening. A laughable act week was the Pet Elephant, introduced by Unsworth. Little Mac was the Pet, and made things pretty lively while he was on the stage.