Event Information

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

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
9 May 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

11 May 1874, 8:00 PM
12 May 1874, 8:00 PM
13 May 1874, 8:00 PM
14 May 1874, 8:00 PM
15 May 1874, 8:00 PM
16 May 1874, 2:00 PM
16 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;  Jimmie [song and dance] Emerson;  H. C. [minstrel] Collins
2)
Banjo solos [during minstrel shows]
Participants:  James Unsworth
3)
Mutton trial, The
aka Sheep trial; Great mutton trial
Participants:  Bob [minstrel] Hart
4)
Mme. Angot's kids
5)
Conspirators, The
6)
Moving on the first of May
aka Moving first of May day
7)
Uncle Eph's dream
aka My old Kentucky home
Text Author: White
Participants:  Dan Bryant;  Bob [minstrel] Hart
8)
Theatrical agency

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 10 May 1874, 10.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 23 May 1874, 62.

“Unsworth resumed his banjo songs, and Hogan and Emerson appeared in song-and-dances.”