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:
10 August 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

05 Apr 1875, 8:00 PM
06 Apr 1875, 8:00 PM
07 Apr 1875, 8:00 PM
08 Apr 1875, 8:00 PM
09 Apr 1875, 8:00 PM
10 Apr 1875, 2:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Bryants' Minstrels;  Harrigan and Hart;  Johnny Allen [minstrel/variety]
2)
Skidmores, The
Participants:  Harrigan and Hart
3)
Bootblacks, The
aka Boot black
4)
Jumbo Jum's College
aka Jumbo Jim's college
5)
Black brigands, The
aka Brigands noir, Les
6)
Bounce
7)
Fooling with the wrong man

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 04 April 1875, 3.
2)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 17 April 1875, 22.

Close of the theatre following Saturday’s matinee performance in consequence of the death of Dan Bryant. Johnny Allen supplied Bryant’s place during his illness, and Bob Hart withdrew from the company after April 3.