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 August 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

10 Apr 1871, 8:00 PM
11 Apr 1871, 8:00 PM
12 Apr 1871, 8:00 PM
13 Apr 1871, 8:00 PM
14 Apr 1871, 8:00 PM
15 Apr 1871, 2:00 PM
15 Apr 1871, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Collins and Oakes [song and dance];  Bryants' Minstrels;  Harry [minstrel tenor] Norman;  Charles [minstrel baritone] D'Alberte;  William F. [minstrel tenor] Stanley;  Theodore [minstrel] Jackson;  Dan Bryant;  Nelse Seymour;  Little [minstrel] Mac;  Dave [minstrel] Reed;  J. W. [minstrel] McAndrews;  Monroe Dempster [minstrel tenor]
2)
Calico hop
3)
Carry the news to Mary, [plantation scene]
aka Carry de news
4)
Clodoche cancan
aka Cancan quadrille à la Clodoche; Clodoche can can
Composer(s): Unknown composer
5)
Mark Twain's jumping frog
6)
Charcoal Pete
aka Charcoal man
Participants:  J. W. [minstrel] McAndrews
7)
Sixteen-string Jack, [burlesque]
aka Sixteen string Jack
8)
Jeemes the poet
aka Jeems the poet
Text Author: Leavitt, Egan
Participants:  Dan Bryant

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 09 April 1871, 4.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 22 April 1871, 22.

“Collins and Oakes, the new song and dance men, are rapidly gaining the favor of the audiences. Dan Bryant’s artistic personation of Jeemes the poet continues in great favor, and all the performers exert themselves to give a pleasing entertainment in which they have been successful.”