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:
28 November 2021

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

21 Mar 1870, 8:00 PM
22 Mar 1870, 8:00 PM
23 Mar 1870, 8:00 PM
24 Mar 1870, 8:00 PM
25 Mar 1870, 8:00 PM
26 Mar 1870, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Bryants' Minstrels;  G. W. Rockefeller;  James Unsworth;  [minstrel singer] Eugene;  Joseph [minstrel tenor] Brindisi;  Dan Bryant;  James G. [minstrel baritone] Russell;  George W. Howard Griffin;  William P. Grier [minstrel];  Little [minstrel] Mac;  Dave [minstrel] Reed;  Monroe Dempster [minstrel tenor]
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

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 20 March 1870, 2.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 02 April 1870, 414.

Review of Hamlet; no mention of music; includes cast listing.