Event Information

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

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
18 March 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

02 Feb 1874, 8:00 PM
03 Feb 1874, 8:00 PM
04 Feb 1874, 8:00 PM
05 Feb 1874, 8:00 PM
06 Feb 1874, 8:00 PM
07 Feb 1874, 2:00 PM
07 Feb 1874, 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 Unsworth;  [minstrel singer] Eugene;  William [minstrel tenor] Raymond;  Fred [minstrel] Emerson;  A. H. [minstrel vocalist] Pelham
2)
"Sugar cane green, De"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  A. H. [minstrel vocalist] Pelham
3)
"Cottage by the sea, The"
aka Cottage by the lake
Composer(s): Thomas
Text Author: Thomas
Participants:  Charles Templeton
4)
"Jeanie with the light brown hair"
aka Jenny with the light brown hair
Composer(s): Foster
Text Author: Foster
Participants:  William [minstrel tenor] Raymond
5)
Old black Joe, [sketch]
6)
"As like as two peas"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
7)
Wig maker
aka Wig makers
8)
Black brigade, [sketch]
aka Colored troupes fought nobly, The
9)
Cinderella, [burlesque]
aka Cinderella in black; Cinderella in black; or, The fairy and the little glass slipper
Text Author: Unknown playwright
10)
Mulligan guards, The
11)
Shadow dance

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 01 February 1874, 8.

New York Foundling Asylum benefit Saturday, 2 pm. 

2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 01 March 1874, 4.

Letter of thanks for the benefit matinee from the president of the Lady Managers of the Foundling Asylum.