Bryants’ Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Bryant's Opera House (W. 23d St.)

Conductor(s):
Charles Steele

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
10 May 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

09 Sep 1872, 8:00 PM
10 Sep 1872, 8:00 PM
11 Sep 1872, 8:00 PM
12 Sep 1872, 8:00 PM
13 Sep 1872, 8:00 PM
14 Sep 1872, 2:00 PM
14 Sep 1872, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Morrisey and Emerson [song and dance];  Excelsior Minstrel Troupe;  Bryants' Minstrels;  Edwin Kelly;  William [minstrel tenor] Dwyer;  Harry [minstrel tenor] Norman;  Charles [minstrel baritone] D'Alberte;  Dan Bryant;  Nelse Seymour;  William [minstrel tenor] Raymond;  Charles Templeton;  Dave [minstrel] Reed;  Charles Steele;  William H. Brockway;  Francis Leon
2)
"Annie Lisle"
aka Annie Lysle
Composer(s): Thompson
Participants:  William [minstrel tenor] Raymond
3)
"Killarney"
Composer(s): Balfe
Text Author: Falconer
Participants:  William [minstrel tenor] Dwyer
4)
"Meet me Nannie, blue-eyed Nannie"
aka Meet me Nannie, blue eyed Nannie
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Charles Templeton
5)
"Little robin, tell Kitty I’m coming"
Composer(s): Persley
Text Author: Howard
Participants:  Harry [minstrel tenor] Norman
6)
"Down by the weeping willows"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Dan Bryant
7)
Lischen et Fritzchen, [burlesque]
aka Lischen in Lischen and Fritzchen; Lischet et Fritzchen
Participants:  Francis Leon;  Edwin Kelly
8)
"Fi hi hi"
aka Black Shakers song and polka
Composer(s): Horn
Text Author: Horn
9)
"Up in a balloon"
Participants:  Dan Bryant;  Nelse Seymour
10)
Old showman, The
11)
Dodging for a wife, [minstrel sketch]

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 08 September 1872, 7.
2)
Review: New York Herald, 11 September 1872, 6.

“This pretty little house was filled last night with a mirth-seeking audience, and they were not disappointed in the search. Bryant’s Minstrels furnish an excellent entertainment to those desiring a good laugh. If it is possible to vary the entertainments we think they would prove still more attractive, but as long as well-filled houses and full treasuries reward the management it is likely that well enough will rule the day for the present. Dan Bryant is particularly strong this season in his vocal performers. Kelly and Leon, who are now members of his troupe, are nightly encored in their acts. The indications so far are that the black opera season of Bryant’s will be a prosperous one.”

3)
Review: New York Clipper, 21 September 1872, 198.

“The attendance was large during the week, and, thus far, has shown a marked improvement over that of the previous season.”