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:
5 October 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

16 Oct 1871, 8:00 PM
17 Oct 1871, 8:00 PM
18 Oct 1871, 8:00 PM
19 Oct 1871, 8:00 PM
20 Oct 1871, 8:00 PM
21 Oct 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 Henry [minstrel] Rice; Monroe Dempster [minstrel tenor]; Charles [minstrel baritone] D'Alberte; William F. [minstrel tenor] Stanley; James A. [baritone] Barney; Dan Bryant; Nelse Seymour

2)

Charcoal Pete

aka Charcoal man

Participants: J. W. [minstrel] McAndrews

3)

"Larboard watch"

Composer(s): Williams

Text Author: Williams

Participants: Charles [minstrel baritone] D'Alberte; William F. [minstrel tenor] Stanley

4)

Carte de visite

Text Author: Williams [dramatist], Burnand

5)

"Down the river"

aka Down de riber

6)

"If ever I cease to love"

Composer(s): Unknown composer

Participants: Dan Bryant

7)

Clodoche cancan

aka Cancan quadrille à la Clodoche; Clodoche can can

Composer(s): Unknown composer

8)

Divorce, [sketch]

Citations

1)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 15 October 1871, 13.

2)

Review: New York Clipper, 28 October 1871, 238.