Bryants’ Minstrels
Event Information
Venue(s):
Bryants’ Minstrel Hall (E. 14th St.)
Event Type:
Minstrel
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
21 March 2022
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
25 Apr 1870, Evening26 Apr 1870, Evening
27 Apr 1870, Evening
28 Apr 1870, Evening
29 Apr 1870, Evening
30 Apr 1870, Evening
Program Details
Minstrel tenor Harry Norman joined Bryants’ this week after performing for some time with the San Francisco Minstrels.
Performers and/or Works Performed
1)
2)
aka Seedy musicians;
Old time's rocks;
Old times' rocks;
Old times rock
Participants: Dan Bryant (role: Hungry Jake)
6)
aka Shoo fly don't bother me;
Shu fly don't bother me;
Shew fly don’t bother me
Composer(s): Howard
Citations
2)
Brief. “Dan Bryant has an immense bill this week.”
4)
“H. Norman, who has been singing with the San Francisco Minstrels, joins Bryant’s this evening.”
Additionally, in a different column on the same page: “Dan Bryant’s Minstrels close their season in this city late in June, and start for a traveling tour through the West, visiting all the cities of any prominence.”
Additionally, in a different column on the same page, announces the performance of “Just twenty years ago.”