Bryants’ Minstrels

Event Information

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

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
12 May 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

19 Dec 1870, 8:00 PM
20 Dec 1870, 8:00 PM
21 Dec 1870, 8:00 PM
22 Dec 1870, 8:00 PM
23 Dec 1870, 8:00 PM
24 Dec 1870, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Bryants' Minstrels;  Tommy Sully;  Charles [minstrel baritone] D'Alberte;  William F. [minstrel tenor] Stanley;  Dan Bryant;  Nelse Seymour;  Little [minstrel] Mac;  Dave [minstrel] Reed;  J. W. [minstrel] McAndrews;  Monroe Dempster [minstrel tenor]
2)
"When the corn is waving Annie dear"
Composer(s): Blamphin
Text Author: Blamphin
Participants:  Monroe Dempster [minstrel tenor]
3)
"Meet me, Josie, at the gate"
Composer(s): Clark
Participants:  William F. [minstrel tenor] Stanley
4)
"You know how it is yourself"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Dan Bryant
5)
"Give me a home by the sea"
Composer(s): Hosmer
Text Author: Hosmer
Participants:  Charles [minstrel baritone] D'Alberte
6)
Pastimes on the levee
Participants:  J. W. [minstrel] McAndrews
7)
Lily of Killarney, The, "Moon has raised her lamp above, The"
Composer(s): Benedict
Participants:  Charles [minstrel baritone] D'Alberte;  William F. [minstrel tenor] Stanley
8)
Mark Twain's jumping frog
9)
Black brigands, The
aka Brigands noir, Les
10)
Clodoche cancan
aka Cancan quadrille à la Clodoche; Clodoche can can
Composer(s): Unknown composer

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 18 December 1870, 9.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 31 December 1870, 310.

“…a musical burlesque upon the ‘Brigands,’ entitled the ‘Black Brigands,’ in which Dan Bryant as the Brigand Queen, and J. W. McAndrews as the Chief of the Brigands, were the prominent features. Dan’s make-up was extremely ludicrous; his appearance caused shouts of laughter, and none seemed to enjoy his impersonation more thoroughly than the original representative of the rôle, Mlle. Aimée, who occupied, in company with Col. Jas. Fisk, Jr., the left hand proscenium box. Little Mac, who personated a soldier, caused much merriment. The burlesque was short but telling, and the whispering and laughing choruses were prominent features and were well performed.”