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:
27 February 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

16 Jun 1873, 8:00 PM
17 Jun 1873, 8:00 PM
18 Jun 1873, 2:00 PM
18 Jun 1873, 8:00 PM
19 Jun 1873, 8:00 PM
20 Jun 1873, 8:00 PM
21 Jun 1873, 2:00 PM
21 Jun 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;  Dave [minstrel] Reed;  William Henry [minstrel] Rice;  William H. Brockway;  Harry [banjo player] Stanwood;  William [minstrel tenor] Dwyer
2)
"Little sweetheart come and kiss me"
Composer(s): Brockway
Text Author: French
Participants:  William [minstrel tenor] Dwyer
3)
Song and dance
Participants:  Morrisey and Emerson [song and dance]
4)
King Karrot; or, Red monkey shines
Text Author: Bryant
5)
Arrival of Lucca; or, Paw-lean on the rampage
aka Pauline on the rampage
6)
Deaf as a post, [Ethiopian sketch]
Text Author: Leavitt, Egan
Participants:  Dan Bryant;  Nelse Seymour
7)
Daniel in the Bryant's den
8)
Hamlet, [burlesque (Unknown author)]
Text Author: Unknown playwright
9)
Strolling players
10)
Course of true love never did run smooth, The

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 14 June 1873, 86.

Neil Bryant’s benefit on Wednesday matinee. 

2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 15 June 1873, 4.

Extra matinee benefit to Neil Bryant on Wednesday; names of volunteer artists.

3)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 21 June 1873, 94.

Volunteers who will appear at Neil Bryant’s benefit.

4)
Review: New York Clipper, 28 June 1873, 102.

“Neil Bryant’s matinee benefit was fairly attended.”