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:
3 September 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

09 Jan 1871, 8:00 PM
10 Jan 1871, 8:00 PM
11 Jan 1871, 8:00 PM
12 Jan 1871, 8:00 PM
13 Jan 1871, 8:00 PM
14 Jan 1871, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Bryants' Minstrels;  J. W. [minstrel] McAndrews;  Monroe Dempster [minstrel tenor];  Charles [minstrel baritone] D'Alberte;  William F. [minstrel tenor] Stanley;  Dan Bryant;  Nelse Seymour;  Little [minstrel] Mac;  Dave [minstrel] Reed
2)
"When the corn is waving Annie dear"
Composer(s): Blamphin
Text Author: Blamphin
Participants:  Monroe Dempster [minstrel tenor]
3)
"Tit tat toe"
Participants:  Dave [minstrel] Reed
4)
"There's no such word as fail"
Composer(s): Rayner
Participants:  Charles [minstrel baritone] D'Alberte
5)
"Call me not back from the echoless shore"
Composer(s): Tucker [comp.-cond.-voc.]
Participants:  William F. [minstrel tenor] Stanley
6)
Clodoche cancan
aka Cancan quadrille à la Clodoche; Clodoche can can
Composer(s): Unknown composer
7)
Black brigands, The
aka Brigands noir, Les
8)
Daniel in the Bryant's den
9)
Jocko the monkey, [minstrel]
aka Jocko, a mischievous monkey; Monkeyana; Monkey act; Little Mac as the monkey
Participants:  Little [minstrel] Mac
10)
"You know how it is yourself"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Dan Bryant
11)
Coopers, The
12)
Charcoal Pete
aka Charcoal man
13)
Echo, The, [minstrel]

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 09 January 1871, 2.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 21 January 1871, 334.

“In the first part some excellent vocalism was heard. The fine tenor voice of Monroe Dempster sounded to great advantage in the ballad ‘When the corn is waving.’”