Bryants’ Minstrels

Event Information

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

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
27 February 2022

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

18 Apr 1870, Evening
19 Apr 1870, Evening
20 Apr 1870, Evening
21 Apr 1870, Evening
22 Apr 1870, Evening
23 Apr 1870, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

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

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 17 April 1870, 9.
2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 18 April 1870, 7.

Notes Shew fly, don’t bodder me “is close to its two hundredth night” at Bryants’.

3)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 23 April 1870, 22.