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:
2 September 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

18 Sep 1871, 8:00 PM
19 Sep 1871, 8:00 PM
20 Sep 1871, 8:00 PM
21 Sep 1871, 8:00 PM
22 Sep 1871, 8:00 PM
23 Sep 1871, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Bryants' Minstrels;  J. W. [minstrel] McAndrews;  William Henry [minstrel] Rice;  William F. [minstrel tenor] Stanley;  James A. [baritone] Barney;  Dan Bryant;  Nelse Seymour;  Little [minstrel] Mac;  Dave [minstrel] Reed
2)
Freischütz, Der, "Schlem, halt fest!"
aka Come, be gay, boys; Come be gay boys
Composer(s): Weber
3)
"Whoa, Bob"
aka Whoa Bob
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Dave [minstrel] Reed
4)
"Save the boy, he’s worth the saving"
Composer(s): Desmond
Text Author: Desmond
5)
"Come where the moonbeams linger"
Composer(s): Buckley
Text Author: Eccles
Participants:  William F. [minstrel tenor] Stanley
6)
"If ever I cease to love"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Dan Bryant
7)
"Songs we never forget"
aka Songs that we never forget
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  James A. [baritone] Barney
8)
"Beware (Unknown)"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  William Henry [minstrel] Rice
9)
Wake up, William Henry
aka Wake up William Henry
Text Author: White
10)
Midnight watchman, The
11)
Gwine to be shucking
aka Going to be shucking
12)
Divorce, [sketch]

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 17 September 1871, 8.
2)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 30 September 1871, 206.

Average attendance has been good.