Event Information

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

Manager / Director:
Dan Bryant

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
20 March 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

02 Mar 1874, 8:00 PM
03 Mar 1874, 8:00 PM
04 Mar 1874, 8:00 PM
05 Mar 1874, 8:00 PM
06 Mar 1874, 8:00 PM
07 Mar 1874, 2:00 PM
07 Mar 1874, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Bryants' Minstrels;  Dan Bryant;  Nelse Seymour;  Dave [minstrel] Reed;  Bob [minstrel] Hart;  John P. Hogan [minstrel];  William H. Brockway;  James Unsworth;  [minstrel singer] Eugene;  William [minstrel tenor] Raymond;  Carl [minstrel] Rudolph;  Fred [minstrel] Emerson
2)
"Gray hairs of my mother, The"
aka Grey hairs of my mother
Composer(s): Bishop
Text Author: Cooper [comp-lyricist]
Participants:  Carl [minstrel] Rudolph
3)
"Camptown races"
Composer(s): Foster
Participants:  Dave [minstrel] Reed
4)
"Bonny Eloise"
aka Belle of the Mohawk vale; Bonnie Eloise
Composer(s): Thomas
Text Author: Elliott
Participants:  William [minstrel tenor] Raymond
5)
School, [burlesque]
aka Spelling match
Participants:  Bob [minstrel] Hart
6)
Three o'clock train, The
7)
"Riding in a streetcar"
aka Riding in a street car; Riding in a street-car
Participants:  John P. Hogan [minstrel];  Fred [minstrel] Emerson
8)
Mulligan guards, The
9)
Prima donna act
Participants:  [minstrel singer] Eugene
10)
Elephant, The
aka Taming the elephant; Baby elephant; Pet elephant; Who owns dis elephant?
11)
Black brigands, The
aka Brigands noir, Les
12)
"Shoo fly, don't bodder me"
aka Shoo fly don't bother me; Shu fly don't bother me; Shew fly don’t bother me
Composer(s): Howard

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 01 March 1874, 4.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 14 March 1874, 398.

Program changes from last week.