Event Information

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

Conductor(s):
Charles Steele

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
5 October 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

30 Sep 1872, 8:00 PM
01 Oct 1872, 8:00 PM
02 Oct 1872, 8:00 PM
03 Oct 1872, 8:00 PM
04 Oct 1872, 8:00 PM
05 Oct 1872, 2:00 PM
05 Oct 1872, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Bryants' Minstrels;  Excelsior Minstrel Troupe;  Dan Bryant;  Nelse Seymour;  Dave [minstrel] Reed;  William H. Brockway;  Francis Leon;  Edwin Kelly;  Harry [minstrel tenor] Norman;  Charles [minstrel baritone] D'Alberte
2)
"Dublin Bay; or, The wreck of the emigrant ship"
Composer(s): Barker
Participants:  Charles [minstrel baritone] D'Alberte
3)
"Camptown races"
Composer(s): Foster
Participants:  Dave [minstrel] Reed
4)
"Little robin, tell Kitty I’m coming"
Composer(s): Persley
Text Author: Howard
Participants:  Harry [minstrel tenor] Norman
5)
Obeying orders
6)
"Up in a balloon"
Participants:  Dan Bryant;  Nelse Seymour
7)
Octoroon, [burlesque]
Participants:  Francis Leon
8)
Rose de Saint-Flour, La
aka Rose de Saint Flour; Rose de St. Flour; Rose de St. Fleur; Rose et St. Fleur
Composer(s): Offenbach
Text Author: Carré
Participants:  Francis Leon;  Edwin Kelly
9)
Awl’s well that ends well
aka All's well that ends well
10)
Old folks at home, [drama]

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 29 September 1872, 7.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 12 October 1872, 222.

“People were turned away from the doors of Bryant’s Opera House nearly every night since our last, unable to obtain even standing room.”