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:
10 October 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

23 Jan 1871, 8:00 PM
24 Jan 1871, 8:00 PM
25 Jan 1871, 8:00 PM
26 Jan 1871, 8:00 PM
27 Jan 1871, 8:00 PM
28 Jan 1871, 2:00 PM
28 Jan 1871, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Bryants' Minstrels;  J. W. [minstrel] McAndrews;  Tommy Sully;  Theodore [minstrel] Jackson;  Dan Bryant;  Nelse Seymour;  Little [minstrel] Mac;  Dave [minstrel] Reed
2)
Pastimes on the levee
Participants:  J. W. [minstrel] McAndrews
3)
Clodoche cancan
aka Cancan quadrille à la Clodoche; Clodoche can can
Composer(s): Unknown composer
4)
Elephant, The
aka Taming the elephant; Baby elephant; Pet elephant
Participants:  Little [minstrel] Mac
5)
Deaf as a post, [Ethiopian sketch]
Text Author: Leavitt, Egan
Participants:  Dan Bryant;  Nelse Seymour
6)
Three o'clock train, The
Participants:  Dave [minstrel] Reed;  Theodore [minstrel] Jackson
7)
Essence of Little Mac
aka Mac's essence; Little Mac's essence of Old Virginia
8)
Song and dance
Participants:  Tommy Sully
9)
Black brigands, The
aka Brigands noir, Les
10)
Can you stand on your head?
aka Stand on your head

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 22 January 1871, 2.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 04 February 1871, 350.

“The business of the week, the weather being considered, was good.”