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:
3 August 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

21 Oct 1872, 8:00 PM
22 Oct 1872, 8:00 PM
23 Oct 1872, 8:00 PM
24 Oct 1872, 8:00 PM
25 Oct 1872, 8:00 PM
26 Oct 1872, 2:00 PM
26 Oct 1872, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Bryants' Minstrels;  Harry [minstrel tenor] Norman;  Charles [minstrel baritone] D'Alberte;  Fred [minstrel] Emerson;  Karl [cellist] Steele;  Dan Bryant;  Nelse Seymour;  Francis Leon;  Edwin Kelly;  B. Little Morrisey;  William [minstrel tenor] Dwyer
2)
"Little sweetheart come and kiss me"
Composer(s): Brockway
Text Author: French
Participants:  William [minstrel tenor] Dwyer
3)
"Sunny days will come again"
Composer(s): Russell
Text Author: Ransford
Participants:  Charles [minstrel baritone] D'Alberte
4)
"Mamma, where has baby gone?"
aka Mamma, where has the baby gone?
Composer(s): Naylor
Text Author: Naylor
Participants:  Harry [minstrel tenor] Norman
5)
Jig
Participants:  B. Little Morrisey;  Fred [minstrel] Emerson
6)
Octoroon, [burlesque]
Participants:  Francis Leon
7)
Lischen et Fritzchen, [burlesque]
aka Lischen in Lischen and Fritzchen; Lischet et Fritzchen
Participants:  Francis Leon;  Edwin Kelly
8)
"Wearin' o' the green, The"
aka Wearing of the green
Text Author: Boucicault, House [composer-dramatist]
9)
King Karrot; or, Red monkey shines
Text Author: Bryant

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 20 October 1872, 4.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 02 November 1872, 246.

“Karl Steele’s excellent and artistic performances upon the violoncello were a marked feature.”