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:
21 April 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

08 Apr 1872, 8:00 PM
09 Apr 1872, 8:00 PM
10 Apr 1872, 8:00 PM
11 Apr 1872, 2:00 PM
11 Apr 1872, 8:00 PM
12 Apr 1872, 8:00 PM
13 Apr 1872, 2:00 PM
13 Apr 1872, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Bryants' Minstrels;  Dave [minstrel] Reed;  J. W. [minstrel] McAndrews;  William H. Brockway;  G. W. Rockefeller;  Charles [minstrel baritone] D'Alberte;  James A. [baritone] Barney;  Dan Bryant;  Nelse Seymour
2)
Enchantress, The, "Let all obey"
Composer(s): Balfe
Participants:  Charles [minstrel baritone] D'Alberte
3)
"I was sighing in my sleep"
Composer(s): Macarthy
Text Author: Macarthy
Participants:  James A. [baritone] Barney
4)
Julius Sneezer
aka Brut-us; Brutus
Text Author: Poole
5)
Deaf as a post, [Ethiopian sketch]
Text Author: Leavitt, Egan
Participants:  Dan Bryant;  Nelse Seymour
6)
Buffalo Bill, [burlesque]
Participants:  Dave [minstrel] Reed;  William H. Brockway

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 07 April 1872, 11.

Complimentary matinee to Nelse Seymour on Thursday matinee.

2)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 13 April 1872, 14.

Seymour’s benefit on Thursday matinee: “Mr. Seymour is a great favorite in this city and deserves to have a large attendance.”

3)
Announcement: New York Herald, 14 April 1872, 9.

“’Julius Sneezer’ has proved the most successful sketch ever placed on Dan Bryant’s boards.”

4)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 20 April 1872, 22.

Last week of the season; large attendance at the Thursday matinee benefit for Seymour.