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:
20 June 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

25 Jan 1875, 8:00 PM
26 Jan 1875, 8:00 PM
27 Jan 1875, 8:00 PM
28 Jan 1875, 8:00 PM
29 Jan 1875, 8:00 PM
30 Jan 1875, 2:00 PM
30 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;  James S. Maffit;  Bob [minstrel] Hart;  William Henry [minstrel] Rice;  John P. Hogan [minstrel];  William H. Brockway;  Master [comic singer] Martin;  William [minstrel tenor] Raymond;  Jimmie [song and dance] Emerson;  Fred Walz;  J. J. [minstrel tenor] Kelly
2)
Kaliko, Harlequin King of the Sandwich Islands
aka Calico
Participants:  James S. Maffit
3)
"Dear letters from home"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  J. J. [minstrel tenor] Kelly
4)
Regular army, oh!
Composer(s): Harrigan
Text Author: Harrigan
Participants:  Dan Bryant
5)
"Mollie darling"
aka Molly darling; Molly dancing; Don't go, Mollie darling
Composer(s): Hays
Text Author: Hays
Participants:  Fred Walz
6)
"Ben Bolt; or, Don't you remember"
Composer(s): Kneass
Participants:  Fred Walz
7)
Deaf in a horn
aka Deaf as a horn
Text Author: Unidentified
8)
Cake walk, The
aka Cakewalk

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 24 January 1875, 16.

Cast listing for Kaliko. 

2)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 06 February 1875, 358.

Dangerous illness of Nelse Seymour; his last appearance with Bryants’ Minstrels: January 25.  

3)
Review: New York Clipper, 06 February 1875, 358.

Program changes since last week.