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)

25 Sep 1871, 8:00 PM
26 Sep 1871, 8:00 PM
27 Sep 1871, 8:00 PM
28 Sep 1871, 8:00 PM
29 Sep 1871, 8:00 PM
30 Sep 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;  William Henry [minstrel] Rice;  Monroe Dempster [minstrel tenor];  William F. [minstrel tenor] Stanley;  James A. [baritone] Barney;  Dan Bryant;  Nelse Seymour
2)
"Sweet Genevieve"
Composer(s): Tucker [comp.-cond.-voc.]
Text Author: Cooper [comp-lyricist]
Participants:  Monroe Dempster [minstrel tenor]
3)
"Whoa, Bob"
aka Whoa Bob
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Dave [minstrel] Reed
4)
"Annie Lisle"
aka Annie Lysle
Composer(s): Thompson
Participants:  William F. [minstrel tenor] Stanley
5)
Comic song
aka Comic ditty
Participants:  Dan Bryant
6)
"My little one's waiting for me"
Composer(s): Barney
Text Author: Barney
Participants:  James A. [baritone] Barney
7)
"Beware (Unknown)"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  William Henry [minstrel] Rice
8)
Clodoche cancan
aka Cancan quadrille à la Clodoche; Clodoche can can
Composer(s): Unknown composer
9)
Charleston girls, The
aka Charleston gals, De
10)
Wake up, William Henry
aka Wake up William Henry
Text Author: White
11)
Awl’s well that ends well
aka All's well that ends well
12)
Essence of Little Mac
aka Mac's essence; Little Mac's essence of Old Virginia
Participants:  Little [minstrel] Mac
13)
Divorce, [sketch]
14)
"Old folks at home"
aka Way down upon the Swanee River
Composer(s): Foster
Text Author: Foster
15)
Charcoal Pete
aka Charcoal man
Participants:  J. W. [minstrel] McAndrews

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 24 September 1871, 7.
2)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 07 October 1871, 214.