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 December 2021

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

28 Mar 1870, 8:00 PM
29 Mar 1870, 8:00 PM
30 Mar 1870, 8:00 PM
31 Mar 1870, 8:00 PM
01 Apr 1870, 8:00 PM
02 Apr 1870, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Bryants' Minstrels;  James Unsworth;  [minstrel singer] Eugene;  Dan Bryant;  George W. Howard Griffin;  Little [minstrel] Mac;  Dave [minstrel] Reed
2)
"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
3)
Hamlet, [burlesque (Griffin)]
aka Hamlet the dainty; Hamlet in black
Text Author: Griffin
Participants:  George W. Howard Griffin

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 28 March 1870, 12.