Event Information

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

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
1 May 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

29 Dec 1873, 8:00 PM
30 Dec 1873, 8:00 PM
31 Dec 1873, 8:00 PM
01 Jan 1874, 2:00 PM
01 Jan 1874, 8:00 PM
02 Jan 1874, 8:00 PM
03 Jan 1874, 2:00 PM
03 Jan 1874, 8:00 PM

Program Details

Special Thursday (1/1/74) matinee performance for New Year’s Day.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Bryants' Minstrels;  Dan Bryant;  Nelse Seymour;  John B. Donniker;  Dave [minstrel] Reed;  Bob [minstrel] Hart;  William H. Brockway;  James Unsworth;  [minstrel singer] Eugene;  Fred [minstrel] Emerson;  A. H. [minstrel vocalist] Pelham
2)
Cinderella, [burlesque]
aka Cinderella in black; Cinderella in black; or, The fairy and the little glass slipper
Text Author: Unknown playwright
3)
Mutton trial, The
aka Sheep trial; Great mutton trial
Participants:  Bob [minstrel] Hart
4)
"When the moon with glory brightens"
Composer(s): Isaacs
Text Author: Million
Participants:  A. H. [minstrel vocalist] Pelham
5)
"Susan Jane"
aka Goodbye Susan Jane; Good bye Susan Jane; Good-bye Susan Jane
Composer(s): Thomas
Participants:  Dave [minstrel] Reed
6)
Fooling with the wrong man
7)
"Dream, The [minstrel]"
Participants:  John B. Donniker

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 28 December 1873, 7.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 28 December 1873, 9.
3)
Review: New York Clipper, 10 January 1874, 326.

“The attendance had continued so large at Bryant’s Minstrels that little change was needed in the performance. A. H. Pelham sang meritoriously ‘When the Moon with Glory Brightens,’ and Dave Reed revived ‘Good-bye, Susan Jane’… Notwithstanding the panic, Dan Bryant is enjoying an unprecedentedly prosperous season.”