Event Information

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

Manager / Director:
Dan Bryant

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
14 June 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

23 Mar 1874, 8:00 PM
24 Mar 1874, 8:00 PM
25 Mar 1874, 8:00 PM
26 Mar 1874, 8:00 PM
27 Mar 1874, 8:00 PM
28 Mar 1874, 2:00 PM
28 Mar 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
2)
"Little robin, tell Kitty I’m coming"
Composer(s): Persley
Text Author: Howard
Participants:  Charles Templeton
3)
"Willie, we have missed you"
Composer(s): Foster
Text Author: Foster
Participants:  William [minstrel tenor] Raymond
4)
School, [burlesque]
aka Spelling match
5)
Black brigands, The
aka Brigands noir, Les
6)
Elephant, The
aka Taming the elephant; Baby elephant; Pet elephant; Who owns dis elephant?
7)
Mulligan guards, The
8)
"Shoo fly, don't bodder me"
aka Shoo fly don't bother me; Shu fly don't bother me; Shew fly don’t bother me
Composer(s): Howard

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 22 March 1874, 7.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 04 April 1874, 6.

“Dan Bryant, having returned from the sunny South, is to reappear with his minstrel troupe this evening…The attendance continues large.”