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)

09 Oct 1871, 8:00 PM
10 Oct 1871, 8:00 PM
11 Oct 1871, 8:00 PM
12 Oct 1871, 8:00 PM
13 Oct 1871, 8:00 PM
14 Oct 1871, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Bryants' Minstrels;  William F. [minstrel tenor] Stanley;  James A. [baritone] Barney;  Louis [minstrel] Braham;  Dan Bryant;  William Henry [minstrel] Rice;  Charles [minstrel baritone] D'Alberte
2)
"Oh would I were a bird"
Composer(s): Blamphin
Text Author: Blamphin
Participants:  Louis [minstrel] Braham
3)
"Lotta Lee"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  James A. [baritone] Barney
4)
"Will you come to meet me, darling"
aka Will you come home to meet me, darling?; When my feet have grown too weary
Composer(s): Root
Text Author: Baker
Participants:  William F. [minstrel tenor] Stanley
5)
"Larboard watch"
Composer(s): Williams
Text Author: Williams
Participants:  Charles [minstrel baritone] D'Alberte;  William F. [minstrel tenor] Stanley
6)
Divorce, [sketch]
7)
Clodoche cancan
aka Cancan quadrille à la Clodoche; Clodoche can can
Composer(s): Unknown composer
8)
Prima donna act
Participants:  William Henry [minstrel] Rice
9)
Wake up, William Henry
aka Wake up William Henry
Text Author: White
10)
Daniel in the Bryant's den
11)
"Old folks at home"
aka Way down upon the Swanee River
Composer(s): Foster
Text Author: Foster

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 08 October 1871, 5.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 21 October 1871, 230.