Event Information

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

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
19 March 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

09 Feb 1874, 8:00 PM
10 Feb 1874, 8:00 PM
11 Feb 1874, 8:00 PM
12 Feb 1874, 8:00 PM
13 Feb 1874, 8:00 PM
14 Feb 1874, 2:00 PM
14 Feb 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;  William H. Brockway;  James Unsworth;  [minstrel singer] Eugene;  Fred [minstrel] Emerson
2)
Cinderella, [burlesque]
aka Cinderella in black; Cinderella in black; or, The fairy and the little glass slipper
Text Author: Unknown playwright
3)
Ghost in the pawnbroker's shop, The
aka Ghost in a pawn shop ; Ghost in a pawnbroker's shop; Pawnbroker's ghost
4)
"As like as two peas"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
5)
Old black Joe, [sketch]
6)
Mulligan guards, The
Participants:  Dan Bryant;  James Unsworth
7)
Banjo solos [during minstrel shows]
Participants:  James Unsworth

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 08 February 1874, 4.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 21 March 1874, 374.

“…Unsworth’s old-time banjo solos and songs are highly enjoyable. Attendance large.”