Bryants’ Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Bryant's Opera House (W. 23d St.)

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
30 April 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

12 Dec 1870, 8:00 PM
13 Dec 1870, 8:00 PM
14 Dec 1870, 8:00 PM
15 Dec 1870, 8:00 PM
16 Dec 1870, 8:00 PM
17 Dec 1870, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Bryants' Minstrels;  Dave [minstrel] Reed;  J. W. [minstrel] McAndrews;  William H. Brockway;  Monroe Dempster [minstrel tenor];  Harry [minstrel tenor] Norman;  Tommy Sully;  Charles [minstrel baritone] D'Alberte;  William F. [minstrel tenor] Stanley;  Nelse Seymour;  Little [minstrel] Mac
2)
"When you and I were young, Maggie"
Composer(s): Butterfield
Text Author: Johnson
Participants:  Monroe Dempster [minstrel tenor]
3)
"Maudie Moore"
Composer(s): Thomas
Text Author: Dickenson
Participants:  Harry [minstrel tenor] Norman
4)
"You know how it is yourself"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Dan Bryant
5)
"Buzz away musketo"
aka Buzz away mosquito; Buzzing musketo; Buzz away musketer
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Dave [minstrel] Reed
6)
Trip to sea, The
7)
Charleston girls, The
aka Charleston gals, De
8)
Mark Twain's jumping frog
Participants:  Little [minstrel] Mac
9)
"Love among the roses," [song]
aka All among the roses
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Tommy Sully
10)
"Active boy, The"
Participants:  Tommy Sully
11)
Daniel in the Bryant's den
Participants:  Dan Bryant
12)
Course of true love never did run smooth, The

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 11 December 1870, 9.
2)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 24 December 1870, 302.