Event Information

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

Price: $.50; $.75 orchestra chair

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
14 November 2021

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

14 Mar 1870, 8:00 PM
15 Mar 1870, 8:00 PM
16 Mar 1870, 8:00 PM
17 Mar 1870, 8:00 PM
18 Mar 1870, 8:00 PM
19 Mar 1870, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Bryants' Minstrels;  Dan Bryant;  George W. Howard Griffin;  William P. Grier [minstrel];  Little [minstrel] Mac;  Dave [minstrel] Reed;  Monroe Dempster [minstrel tenor];  G. W. Rockefeller;  James Unsworth;  [minstrel singer] Eugene;  Joseph [minstrel tenor] Brindisi;  James G. [minstrel baritone] Russell
2)
Daniel in the Bryant's den
Participants:  Dan Bryant
3)
"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
Participants:  Dan Bryant;  Dave [minstrel] Reed
4)
Jocko the monkey, [minstrel]
aka Jocko, a mischievous monkey; Monkeyana; Monkey act; Little Mac as the monkey
Participants:  Little [minstrel] Mac
5)
Hamlet, [burlesque (Griffin)]
aka Hamlet the dainty; Hamlet in black
Text Author: Griffin
Participants:  Dan Bryant (role: Hamlet)

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 13 March 1870, 2.
2)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 19 March 1870, 398.
3)
Review: New York Clipper, 26 March 1870, 406.

“’Hamlet,’ in black, is now dished up by Bryant’s Minstrels, just as Mr. Booth’s version is withdrawn from the stage. It is said to be a clever little sketch, the offspring of Mr. Griffin, interlocutor of the troupe. This, with ‘Shoo Fly,’ has succeeded in attracting large audiences throughout the week.”