Event Information

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

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
11 March 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

06 Oct 1873, 8:00 PM
07 Oct 1873, 8:00 PM
08 Oct 1873, 2:00 PM
08 Oct 1873, 8:00 PM
09 Oct 1873, 8:00 PM
10 Oct 1873, 8:00 PM
11 Oct 1873, 2:00 PM
11 Oct 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;  Bob [minstrel] Hart;  Harry [banjo player] Stanwood;  James Unsworth;  [minstrel singer] Eugene;  William [minstrel tenor] Dwyer;  Con. T. [minstrel vocalist] Murphy
2)
Nilsson interviewed
3)
"You kiss me in my dreams"
Composer(s): Kinkel
Participants:  Charles Templeton
4)
"Barney Aleen"
aka Barney Aileen
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  William [minstrel tenor] Dwyer

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 05 October 1873, 7.
2)
Announcement: New-York Times, 05 October 1873, 4.

“Bryant’s Opera-house is still open nightly and on Saturday afternoons, and those who, in years by-gone, have laughed over minstrel entertainments, can be made merry again by the same methods.”

3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 05 October 1873, 11.
4)
Announcement: New York Herald, 06 October 1873, 7.

“The alacrity with which the minor theatres advertise their big neighbors is something remarkable. ‘Nilsson Interviewed’ is Dan Bryant’s advertisement of the opera this week. A suit for damages in case the burlesque is not funny would soon stop this kind of thing.”

5)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 11 October 1873, 2.
6)
Review: New York Clipper, 18 October 1873, 230.

“…In the first part Charles Templeton sang ‘Kiss Me in Dreams,’ and William Dwyer ‘Barney Aleen.’…The attendance continued good. On Saturday evening many persons were unable to procure even standing room.”