Event Information

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

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
11 May 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

18 May 1874, 8:00 PM
19 May 1874, 8:00 PM
20 May 1874, 8:00 PM
21 May 1874, 8:00 PM
22 May 1874, 8:00 PM
23 May 1874, 2:00 PM
23 May 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)
"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
Participants:  Dan Bryant;  Dave [minstrel] Reed
3)
"Jeanie with the light brown hair"
aka Jenny with the light brown hair
Composer(s): Foster
Text Author: Foster
Participants:  William [minstrel tenor] Raymond
4)
"Old home is not what it used to be, The"
Composer(s): White
Participants:  Charles Templeton
5)
"Old folks at home"
aka Way down upon the Swanee River
Composer(s): Foster
Text Author: Foster
6)
"Rosa Lee; or, Don't be foolish Joe"
Composer(s): Unidentified
7)
"I'm off for Charleston"
aka Off to Charleston
Composer(s): Donaldson
Text Author: Donaldson
8)
Black Shakers, The
9)
Divorce, [burlesque]
10)
Turn him out, [farce]
aka Turn him out, darling Dora
Text Author: Williams
11)
Mutton trial, The
aka Sheep trial; Great mutton trial
12)
Police court scene
Participants:  Bob [minstrel] Hart
13)
Uncle Eph's dream
aka My old Kentucky home
Text Author: White

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 17 May 1874, 17.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 30 May 1874, 70.

“The attendance continued large.”