Event Information

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

Conductor(s):
Karl [cellist] Steele

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
8 February 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

07 Apr 1873, 8:00 PM
08 Apr 1873, 8:00 PM
09 Apr 1873, 8:00 PM
10 Apr 1873, 8:00 PM
11 Apr 1873, 8:00 PM
12 Apr 1873, 2:00 PM
12 Apr 1873, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Bryants' Minstrels;  Morrisey and Emerson [song and dance];  Dan Bryant;  Nelse Seymour;  Dave [minstrel] Reed;  Master Barney;  Harry [banjo player] Stanwood;  William [minstrel tenor] Dwyer
2)
Intelligence office, The
3)
"Shoo fly, don't bodder me"
aka Shoo fly don't bother me; Shu fly don't bother me; Shew fly don’t bother me
Composer(s): Howard
Participants:  Dan Bryant;  Dave [minstrel] Reed
4)
"Killarney"
Composer(s): Balfe
Text Author: Falconer
Participants:  William [minstrel tenor] Dwyer
5)
Calico hop
6)
Laughing gas
aka Dr. Colton's laughing gas

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 06 April 1873, 7.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 19 April 1873, 22.

“The attendance has been excellent, a large audience being present even on Good Friday.”