Bryants’ Minstrels

Event Information

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

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
4 January 2022

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

04 Apr 1870, Evening
05 Apr 1870, Evening
06 Apr 1870, Evening
07 Apr 1870, Evening
08 Apr 1870, Evening
09 Apr 1870, Evening

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
3)
Hamlet, [burlesque (Griffin)]
aka Hamlet the dainty; Hamlet in black
Text Author: Griffin
Participants:  George W. Howard Griffin
4)
Live ingin, The
aka Live injun

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 03 April 1870, 9.
2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 04 April 1870, 7.

“‘Hamlet,’ ‘Shoo, Fly,’ and the ‘Live Injin’ (what a combination!) are on Braynt’s [sic] bill this week.”

3)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 09 April 1870, 6.

Brief. “Business fair at this house.”