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:
11 February 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

21 Apr 1873, 8:00 PM
22 Apr 1873, 8:00 PM
23 Apr 1873, 8:00 PM
24 Apr 1873, 2:00 PM
24 Apr 1873, 8:00 PM
25 Apr 1873, 8:00 PM
26 Apr 1873, 2:00 PM
26 Apr 1873, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Bryants' Minstrels;  Dan Bryant;  Nelse Seymour;  Charles Templeton;  William Henry [minstrel] Rice;  Master Barney;  William [minstrel tenor] Dwyer;  William [minstrel tenor] Raymond
2)
"Break the news gently"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  William [minstrel tenor] Raymond
3)
"Sweetly thine eyes, love"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Charles Templeton
4)
"Mollie darling"
aka Molly darling; Molly dancing; Don't go, Mollie darling
Composer(s): Hays
Text Author: Hays
Participants:  William [minstrel tenor] Dwyer
5)
Intelligence office, The
6)
"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
7)
Arrival of Lucca; or, Paw-lean on the rampage
aka Pauline on the rampage
8)
Laughing gas
aka Dr. Colton's laughing gas
9)
Course of true love never did run smooth, The

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 20 April 1873, 11.

Farewell benefit matinee for Master Barney on Thursday. 

2)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 26 April 1873, 30.

Master Barney’s benefit on Thursday afternoon. 

3)
Review: New York Clipper, 03 May 1873, 38.

Master Barney’s benefit.