Event Information

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

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
2 March 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

22 Sep 1873, 8:00 PM
23 Sep 1873, 8:00 PM
24 Sep 1873, 8:00 PM
25 Sep 1873, 8:00 PM
26 Sep 1873, 8:00 PM
27 Sep 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;  Bob [minstrel] Hart;  James Morrison;  William H. Brockway;  Harry [banjo player] Stanwood;  James Unsworth;  [minstrel singer] Eugene;  Con. T. [minstrel vocalist] Murphy
2)
"Dew is on the flower, The"
Composer(s): Thomas
Text Author: Cooper [comp-lyricist]
Participants:  Charles Templeton
3)
Is it him?
Participants:  Nelse Seymour;  Bob [minstrel] Hart
4)
Nilsson interviewed
Participants:  James Unsworth;  [minstrel singer] Eugene;  Con. T. [minstrel vocalist] Murphy
5)
School examination
aka Examination day
Participants:  Dan Bryant (role: Dunce)

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 21 September 1873, 7.

“Two hours’ fun. All new acts.”

2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 21 September 1873, 13.

Full cast list.

3)
Review: New York Clipper, 04 October 1873, 214.

“…The season has commenced most prosperously, and deservedly so, as the company is the best seen at Bryant’s for years.”