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:
20 September 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

13 Feb 1871, 8:00 PM
14 Feb 1871, 8:00 PM
15 Feb 1871, 8:00 PM
16 Feb 1871, 8:00 PM
17 Feb 1871, 8:00 PM
18 Feb 1871, 2:00 PM
18 Feb 1871, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Bryants' Minstrels;  Dan Bryant;  Nelse Seymour;  Little [minstrel] Mac;  Dave [minstrel] Reed;  J. W. [minstrel] McAndrews;  William H. Brockway;  Tommy Sully;  Theodore [minstrel] Jackson
2)
Pastimes on the levee
3)
Carry the news to Mary, [plantation scene]
aka Carry de news
Participants:  J. W. [minstrel] McAndrews
4)
Gendarmes, The
aka Two gendarmes, The; Ebony blondes; Britain’s blondes by Africa’s Blacks; Gens d'armes
5)
Carte de visite
Text Author: Williams [dramatist], Burnand
6)
He would be an actor
7)
Pompey's blunders
aka Pompey's blunders!; Pomp's blunders
Participants:  Dan Bryant;  Nelse Seymour
8)
Coco; or, The monkey of the period
Text Author: Poole

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 12 February 1871, 2.
2)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 25 February 1871, 374.