Event Information

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

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
12 May 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

25 May 1874, 8:00 PM
26 May 1874, 8:00 PM
27 May 1874, 8:00 PM
28 May 1874, 8:00 PM
29 May 1874, 8:00 PM
30 May 1874, 2:00 PM
30 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;  William H. Brockway;  James Unsworth;  [minstrel singer] Eugene;  William [minstrel tenor] Raymond;  Jimmie [song and dance] Emerson;  T. [vocalist] Merchant
2)
"Eileen Alanna"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  William [minstrel tenor] Raymond
3)
"Little sweetheart come and kiss me"
Composer(s): Brockway
Text Author: French
Participants:  William H. Brockway
4)
"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
5)
Uncle Eph's dream
aka My old Kentucky home
Text Author: White
6)
Police court scene
7)
Mutton trial, The
aka Sheep trial; Great mutton trial
8)
Burlesque on the Boston peace jubilee
9)
Turn him out, [burlesque]
10)
Black Shakers, The
11)
Divorce, [burlesque]

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 24 May 1874, 11.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 06 June 1874, 78.

“The excellent voice of T. Merchant is heard in the choruses, although he has not sung a solo for the past two weeks.”