Bryants’ Minstrels

Event Information

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

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
14 May 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

08 Jun 1874, 8:00 PM
09 Jun 1874, 8:00 PM
10 Jun 1874, 8:00 PM
11 Jun 1874, 8:00 PM
12 Jun 1874, 8:00 PM
13 Jun 1874, 2:00 PM
13 Jun 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; John B. Donniker; Dave [minstrel] Reed; Bob [minstrel] Hart; John P. Hogan [minstrel]; James Unsworth; [minstrel singer] Eugene; William [minstrel tenor] Raymond; Carl [minstrel] Rudolph; Fred [minstrel] Emerson

2)

"Touch the harp gently"

Composer(s): Blamphin

Text Author: Mitchell

Participants: William [minstrel tenor] Raymond

3)

Composer(s): Unknown composer

Participants: Charles Templeton

4)

"Gray hairs of my mother, The"

aka Grey hairs of my mother

Composer(s): Bishop

Text Author: Cooper [comp-lyricist]

Participants: Carl [minstrel] Rudolph

5)

6)

Participants: John B. Donniker

7)

Double song and dance

Participants: John P. Hogan [minstrel]; Fred [minstrel] Emerson

8)

Italian airs by native artists

aka Italian airs sung by native artists; Italian airs; Burlesque on Italian airs; Italian opera burlesque

Composer(s): Unidentified

Participants: James Unsworth; [minstrel singer] Eugene

9)

Obeying orders

10)

Turn him out, [burlesque]

11)

Go west, or, Riding in a Pullman car

12)

Uncle Eph's dream

aka My old Kentucky home

Text Author: White

Citations

1)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 07 June 1874, 13.

2)

Review: New York Clipper, 20 June 1874, 94.

“Considering the dullness of the season, an excellent business has been done.”