Event Information

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

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
6 April 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

04 May 1874, 8:00 PM
05 May 1874, 8:00 PM
06 May 1874, 8:00 PM
07 May 1874, 8:00 PM
08 May 1874, 8:00 PM
09 May 1874, 2:00 PM
09 May 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;  Jimmie [song and dance] Emerson;  T. [vocalist] Merchant
2)
"Dublin Bay; or, The wreck of the emigrant ship"
Composer(s): Barker
Participants:  T. [vocalist] Merchant
3)
"Annie Lisle"
aka Annie Lysle
Composer(s): Thompson
Participants:  William [minstrel tenor] Raymond
4)
Deaf as a post, [Ethiopian sketch]
Text Author: Leavitt, Egan
Participants:  Dan Bryant;  Nelse Seymour
5)
"Rosa Lee; or, Don't be foolish Joe"
Composer(s): Unidentified
6)
Go west, or, Riding in a Pullman car
7)
Trovatore, [burlesque opera]
aka Ill Trovatore well-treated—by the M

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 03 May 1874, 11.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 16 May 1874, 54.

“He [T. Merchant] rendered ‘Dublin Bay’ quite effectively.”