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:
27 September 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

02 Oct 1871, 8:00 PM
03 Oct 1871, 8:00 PM
04 Oct 1871, 8:00 PM
05 Oct 1871, 8:00 PM
06 Oct 1871, 8:00 PM
07 Oct 1871, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Bryants' Minstrels;  Morrisey and Emerson [song and dance];  Little [minstrel] Mac;  Dave [minstrel] Reed;  William Henry [minstrel] Rice;  Monroe Dempster [minstrel tenor];  William F. [minstrel tenor] Stanley;  James A. [baritone] Barney;  Louis [minstrel] Braham;  Dan Bryant;  Nelse Seymour
2)
"Evangeline"
Participants:  Monroe Dempster [minstrel tenor]
3)
"Sweet Emeline"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Louis [minstrel] Braham
4)
"Sweet warbling birds"
aka Merry warbling birds
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  James A. [baritone] Barney
5)
Comic song
aka Comic ditty
Participants:  Dan Bryant
6)
"Annie Lisle"
aka Annie Lysle
Composer(s): Thompson
Participants:  William F. [minstrel tenor] Stanley
7)
Clodoche cancan
aka Cancan quadrille à la Clodoche; Clodoche can can
Composer(s): Unknown composer
8)
Spirit rappings
9)
Mesmerism
Participants:  Little [minstrel] Mac
10)
Divorce, [sketch]
11)
Song and dance
Participants:  Morrisey and Emerson [song and dance]
12)
Daniel in the Bryant's den
13)
Wake up, William Henry
aka Wake up William Henry
Text Author: White
14)
Awl’s well that ends well
aka All's well that ends well
15)
"Old folks at home"
aka Way down upon the Swanee River
Composer(s): Foster
Text Author: Foster

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 01 October 1871, 7.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 14 October 1871, 222.