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:
25 August 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

27 Mar 1871, 8:00 PM
28 Mar 1871, 8:00 PM
29 Mar 1871, 8:00 PM
30 Mar 1871, 8:00 PM
31 Mar 1871, 8:00 PM
01 Apr 1871, 2:00 PM
01 Apr 1871, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Bryants' Minstrels;  Little [minstrel] Mac;  Dave [minstrel] Reed;  J. W. [minstrel] McAndrews;  Monroe Dempster [minstrel tenor];  Harry [minstrel tenor] Norman;  Tommy Sully;  Charles [minstrel baritone] D'Alberte;  William F. [minstrel tenor] Stanley;  Dan Bryant;  Theodore [minstrel] Jackson;  Nelse Seymour
2)
"Shoo fly, don't bodder me"
aka Shoo fly don't bother me; Shu fly don't bother me; Shew fly don’t bother me
Composer(s): Howard
3)
Elephant, The
aka Taming the elephant; Baby elephant; Pet elephant
Participants:  Little [minstrel] Mac
4)
Live ingin, The
aka Live injun
5)
Jeemes the poet
aka Jeems the poet
Text Author: Leavitt, Egan
Participants:  Dan Bryant
6)
Georgiennes, Les, [burlesque]
7)
Carry the news to Mary, [plantation scene]
aka Carry de news
8)
"Evangeline"
Participants:  Monroe Dempster [minstrel tenor]
9)
"Tit tat toe"
Participants:  Dave [minstrel] Reed
10)
"There's no such word as fail"
Composer(s): Rayner
Participants:  Charles [minstrel baritone] D'Alberte
11)
"Good-bye, but come again"
aka Good-bye and come again
Composer(s): Thomas
Participants:  Harry [minstrel tenor] Norman
12)
Vöglein im Baume, Das
aka Bird upon the tree; Voglein im Baume
Composer(s): Hauser
Participants:  William F. [minstrel tenor] Stanley

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 08 March 1871, 6.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 29 March 1871, 8.