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:
11 December 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

19 Oct 1874, 8:00 PM
20 Oct 1874, 8:00 PM
21 Oct 1874, 8:00 PM
22 Oct 1874, 8:00 PM
23 Oct 1874, 8:00 PM
24 Oct 1874, 2:00 PM
24 Oct 1874, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Bryants' Minstrels;  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)
"Goodbye till I see you again"
aka Good bye till I see you again; Good-bye till I see you again
Composer(s): Hays
Participants:  J. J. [minstrel tenor] Kelly
3)
"Take this letter to my mother"
Composer(s): Hays
Participants:  William [minstrel tenor] Raymond
4)
"Sweet Lurline"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Charles Templeton
5)
"Sweet warbling birds"
aka Merry warbling birds
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Fred Walz
6)
Songs and dances
Participants:  John P. Hogan [minstrel]
7)
Elephant, The
aka Taming the elephant; Baby elephant; Pet elephant; Who owns dis elephant?
8)
Partners for life, [burlesque]
9)
Deluge, The; or, A pair of dice lost
10)
There's millions in it
11)
Miserables, Les; or, Old times rocks, [burlesque]
aka Seedy musicians; Old time's rocks; Old times' rocks; Old times rock

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 18 October 1874, 11.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 31 October 1874, 246.

Changes in the bill.