Event Information

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

Proprietor / Lessee:
Dan Bryant

Manager / Director:
Dan Bryant

Conductor(s):
James H. Ross

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
15 June 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

04 Jan 1875, 8:00 PM
05 Jan 1875, 8:00 PM
06 Jan 1875, 8:00 PM
07 Jan 1875, 8:00 PM
08 Jan 1875, 8:00 PM
09 Jan 1875, 2:00 PM
09 Jan 1875, 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;  William Henry [minstrel] Rice;  John P. Hogan [minstrel];  William H. Brockway;  William [minstrel tenor] Raymond;  Jimmie [song and dance] Emerson;  Fred Walz;  J. J. [minstrel tenor] Kelly
2)
"Let the dead and the beautiful rest"
Composer(s): Martin
Text Author: Butler
Participants:  J. J. [minstrel tenor] Kelly
3)
"Don't bet your money on de Shanghai"
aka Don't bet your money on the Shanghai
Composer(s): Foster
Text Author: Foster
Participants:  Dave [minstrel] Reed
4)
"Take this letter to my mother"
Composer(s): Hays
Participants:  William [minstrel tenor] Raymond
5)
Comic song
aka Comic ditty
Participants:  Dan Bryant
6)
"Meet me Nannie, blue-eyed Nannie"
aka Meet me Nannie, blue eyed Nannie
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Charles Templeton
7)
"There's a letter in the candle"
Composer(s): Evans
Text Author: Clark [composer]
Participants:  Fred Walz
8)
Carte de visite
Text Author: Williams [dramatist], Burnand
9)
Shock-run, The
aka Shock run, The; Shockrun, The; Hock-run, The
10)
"Pilgrim fathers, The"
Composer(s): Browne
Text Author: Hemans
11)
Masked robbers, The
12)
"Come where my love lies dreaming"
Composer(s): Foster
13)
Divorce, [sketch]
14)
Ball's up, The; or, Skating in Central Park by moonlight
aka Ball's up at Central Park; Ball is up, The
15)
"Riding in a streetcar"
aka Riding in a street car; Riding in a street-car
Participants:  John P. Hogan [minstrel];  Jimmie [song and dance] Emerson

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 03 January 1875, 11.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 16 January 1875, 334.

“…there was a marked improvement in the attendance last week…”