Event Information

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

Manager / Director:
Karl [cellist] Steele

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
21 February 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

19 May 1873, 8:00 PM
20 May 1873, 8:00 PM
21 May 1873, 8:00 PM
22 May 1873, 2:00 PM
22 May 1873, 8:00 PM
23 May 1873, 8:00 PM
24 May 1873, 2:00 PM
24 May 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;  Dave [minstrel] Reed;  William Henry [minstrel] Rice;  William H. Brockway;  Harry [banjo player] Stanwood;  William [minstrel tenor] Raymond
2)
"Eileen Alanna"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  William [minstrel tenor] Raymond
3)
"Little darling linger near me"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Charles Templeton
4)
Genevieve de Bryant
5)
My old dad
6)
Can you stand on your head?
aka Stand on your head
7)
Moving on the first of May
aka Moving first of May day
8)
Banjo solos [during minstrel shows]
9)
Under the gaslight, [burlesque]
aka Under de gaslight; New York by gaslight burlesque; Gaslight from under; Under the gas lamp

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 18 May 1873, 11.

Treasurer John Simpson benefit Thursday afternoon.

2)
Review: New York Clipper, 31 May 1873, 70.

“Business good for the season of the year.”