Bryants’ Minstrels

Event Information

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

Conductor(s):
James Morrison

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
18 June 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

01 May 1871, 8:00 PM
02 May 1871, 8:00 PM
03 May 1871, 8:00 PM
04 May 1871, 2:00 PM
04 May 1871, 8:00 PM
05 May 1871, 8:00 PM
06 May 1871, 2:00 PM
06 May 1871, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Bryants' Minstrels;  Collins and Oakes [song and dance];  Dan Bryant;  Nelse Seymour;  Little [minstrel] Mac;  Dave [minstrel] Reed;  George [vocal/banjo] Warren;  J. W. [minstrel] McAndrews;  William H. Brockway;  Monroe Dempster [minstrel tenor];  Harry [minstrel tenor] Norman;  Charles [minstrel baritone] D'Alberte;  William F. [minstrel tenor] Stanley;  Theodore [minstrel] Jackson
2)
"When the corn is waving Annie dear"
Composer(s): Blamphin
Text Author: Blamphin
Participants:  Monroe Dempster [minstrel tenor]
3)
Satanella; or, The power of love, "Power of love"
Composer(s): Balfe
Participants:  Charles [minstrel baritone] D'Alberte
4)
"Come where the moonbeams linger"
Composer(s): Buckley
Text Author: Eccles
Participants:  William F. [minstrel tenor] Stanley
5)
Who died first?
Text Author: White, Leavitt
Participants:  Dan Bryant;  Dave [minstrel] Reed
6)
Daniel in the Bryant's den
7)
Pastimes on the levee; or, The watermelon man
aka Watermelon man
8)
Streets of New York, The, [burlesque]
aka Streets of New-York

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 30 April 1871, 14.

Special matinee on Thursday in aid of the Association for Befriending Children.

2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 06 May 1871, 8.
3)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 13 May 1871, 46.