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:
22 September 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

27 Feb 1871, 8:00 PM
28 Feb 1871, 8:00 PM
01 Mar 1871, 8:00 PM
02 Mar 1871, 8:00 PM
03 Mar 1871, 8:00 PM
04 Mar 1871, 2:00 PM
04 Mar 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 H. Brockway;  Monroe Dempster [minstrel tenor];  Harry [minstrel tenor] Norman;  Tommy Sully;  Charles [minstrel baritone] D'Alberte;  Dan Bryant;  Theodore [minstrel] Jackson;  Nelse Seymour
2)
Miserables, Les; or, Old times rocks, [burlesque]
aka Seedy musicians; Old time's rocks; Old times' rocks; Old times rock
3)
Pastimes on the levee
Participants:  J. W. [minstrel] McAndrews
4)
Coco; or, The monkey of the period
Text Author: Poole
5)
Haunted house, The, [minstrel sketch]
aka Echo
Participants:  Dave [minstrel] Reed;  Theodore [minstrel] Jackson
6)
Songs and dances
Participants:  Tommy Sully
7)
"When you and I were young, Maggie"
Composer(s): Butterfield
Text Author: Johnson
Participants:  Monroe Dempster [minstrel tenor]
8)
"Nil desperandum"
Composer(s): Inch
Text Author: Inch
Participants:  Charles [minstrel baritone] D'Alberte
9)
"Come again happy days"
Composer(s): Thomas
Text Author: Cooper [comp-lyricist]
Participants:  Harry [minstrel tenor] Norman

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 26 February 1871, 2.
2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 02 March 1871, 5.
3)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 11 March 1871, 390.

“The business of the past week was good.”