Bryants’ Minstrels

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:
14 February 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

28 Apr 1873, 8:00 PM
29 Apr 1873, 8:00 PM
30 Apr 1873, 8:00 PM
01 May 1873, 8:00 PM
02 May 1873, 8:00 PM
03 May 1873, 2:00 PM
03 May 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; Charles Templeton; Dave [minstrel] Reed; William Henry [minstrel] Rice; William H. Brockway; Harry [banjo player] Stanwood; William [minstrel tenor] Dwyer; Billy [banjo comedian] Carter; William [minstrel tenor] Raymond; Karl [cellist] Steele

2)

"Eileen Alanna"

Composer(s): Unknown composer

Participants: William [minstrel tenor] Raymond

3)

aka Goodbye Susan Jane; Good bye Susan Jane; Good-bye Susan Jane

Composer(s): Thomas

Participants: Dave [minstrel] Reed

4)

Composer(s): Campana

Text Author: Farnie

Participants: Charles Templeton

5)

"Little sweetheart come and kiss me"

Composer(s): Brockway

Text Author: French

Participants: William [minstrel tenor] Dwyer

6)

Participants: Karl [cellist] Steele

7)

Banjo solos [during minstrel shows]

Participants: Harry [banjo player] Stanwood

8)

Carte de visite

Text Author: Williams [dramatist], Burnand

9)

aka Frou frou burlesque

10)

"Shoo fly, don't bodder me"

aka Shoo fly don't bother me; Shu fly don't bother me; Shew fly donâ€™t bother me

Composer(s): Howard

11)

aka Dr. Colton's laughing gas

12)

Moving on the first of May

aka Moving first of May day

13)

Prima donna act

Participants: William Henry [minstrel] Rice

14)

Course of true love never did run smooth, The

Citations

1)

Advertisement: New-York Times, 27 April 1873, 7.

2)

Review: New York Clipper, 10 May 1873, 46.

“In the olio W. Henry Rice met with much favor in singing burlesque ballads; Karl Steele artistically performed solos on the violoncello; Harry Stanwood sang songs with banjo accompaniment, and his interpolated witticisms created much laughter.”