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:
22 July 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

15 May 1871, 8:00 PM
16 May 1871, 8:00 PM
17 May 1871, 8:00 PM
18 May 1871, 2:00 PM
18 May 1871, 8:00 PM
19 May 1871, 8:00 PM
20 May 1871, 2:00 PM
20 May 1871, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

2)
Composer(s): Inch
Text Author: Inch
4)
aka Bird upon the tree; Voglein im Baume
Composer(s): Hauser
5)
aka Bob Ridley
Composer(s): White
Text Author: White
6)
aka Taming the elephant; Baby elephant; Pet elephant
Participants:  Little [minstrel] Mac
7)
aka Randall's left ear
8)
aka Seedy musicians; Old time's rocks; Old times' rocks; Old times rock
Participants:  Dan Bryant
9)
aka Brigands noir, Les

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 14 May 1871, 4.
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Review: New York Herald, 19 May 1871, 3.

“The audience assembled last evening at Bryant’s Minstrel Hall, in West Twenty-third street, showed by their appreciation of the entertainment that this well known troupe has lost none of that popularity which it has so long enjoyed. Messrs. Dempster, Norman, Stanley and d’Alberte sang several fine songs. Dave Reed and Dan Bryant divided the honors, their comic songs and jokes providing much laughter. Little Mac, as usual, was inimitable as the baby elephant and in his comic essence. The performance concluded with a laughable burlesque entitled ‘The Black Brigands.’”

3)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 27 May 1871, 62.