Event Information

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

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
17 March 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

13 Oct 1873, 8:00 PM
14 Oct 1873, 8:00 PM
15 Oct 1873, 8:00 PM
16 Oct 1873, 8:00 PM
17 Oct 1873, 8:00 PM
18 Oct 1873, 2:00 PM
18 Oct 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;  William H. Brockway;  James Unsworth;  [minstrel singer] Eugene;  William [minstrel tenor] Dwyer;  James W. [minstrel bass] Lamont;  Con. T. [minstrel vocalist] Murphy;  William [minstrel tenor] Raymond;  Fred [minstrel] Emerson
2)
Conspirators, The
3)
Ghost in the pawnbroker's shop, The
aka Ghost in a pawn shop ; Ghost in a pawnbroker's shop; Pawnbroker's ghost
4)
School examination
aka Examination day
5)
"Eileen Alanna"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  William [minstrel tenor] Raymond
6)
"Mother take me home again"
Composer(s): White
Text Author: Smith
Participants:  William [minstrel tenor] Dwyer
7)
Fille de Madame Angot, La, "Conspirators' chorus"
Composer(s): Lecocq

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 12 October 1873, 7.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 12 October 1873, 11.
3)
Review: New York Clipper, 25 October 1873, 238.

“Bryant’s Minstrels continue to do well.” Lists recent changes to the program.