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:
22 February 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

26 May 1873, 8:00 PM
27 May 1873, 8:00 PM
28 May 1873, 8:00 PM
29 May 1873, 2:00 PM
29 May 1873, 8:00 PM
30 May 1873, 8:00 PM
31 May 1873, 2:00 PM
31 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;  John B. Donniker;  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
2)
"Annie Lisle"
aka Annie Lysle
Composer(s): Thompson
Participants:  William [minstrel tenor] Raymond
3)
"Jerome Park races"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Dave [minstrel] Reed
4)
"Star that lights my lover home, The"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  William [minstrel tenor] Dwyer
5)
Violin solo
Participants:  John B. Donniker
6)
Songs and dances
Participants:  Morrisey and Emerson [song and dance]
7)
Tin-pan-onion
aka Tin panonion; Tin-pan-on-ion; Tinpanonion; Tin pan onion; Tin Pano-ni-on; Tin-pan-o-ni-on; Timpanion
8)
Sausage merchants, The
9)
Black Shakers, The
10)
Divorce, [sketch]
11)
Wig maker
aka Wig makers
12)
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, 25 May 1873, 4.

J. B. Donniker and W. H. Brockway benefit on Thursday afternoon. 

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

Donniker and Brockway benefit.

3)
Review: New York Clipper, 07 June 1873, 78.

“On Thursday afternoon the benefit of J. B. Donniker and W. H. Brockway attracted a good attendance, and the business of the week was good for the season of the year.”