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)

22 Feb 1875, 2:00 PM
22 Feb 1875, 8:00 PM
23 Feb 1875, 8:00 PM
24 Feb 1875, 8:00 PM
25 Feb 1875, 8:00 PM
26 Feb 1875, 8:00 PM
27 Feb 1875, 2:00 PM
27 Feb 1875, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Bryants' Minstrels;  Dave [minstrel] Reed;  John P. Hogan [minstrel];  William [minstrel tenor] Raymond;  Jimmie [song and dance] Emerson;  Fred Walz
2)
"Camptown races"
Composer(s): Foster
Participants:  Dave [minstrel] Reed
3)
"Touch the harp gently"
Composer(s): Blamphin
Text Author: Mitchell
Participants:  William [minstrel tenor] Raymond
4)
"There's a letter in the candle"
Composer(s): Evans
Text Author: Clark [composer]
Participants:  Fred Walz
5)
"Rosey posey"
aka Rosy posy
Composer(s): Newcomb
Participants:  John P. Hogan [minstrel];  Jimmie [song and dance] Emerson
6)
"As like as two peas"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  John P. Hogan [minstrel];  Jimmie [song and dance] Emerson
7)
Uncle Eph's dream
aka My old Kentucky home
Text Author: White
8)
When the cat's away the mice will play
9)
Dangerous game, A, [minstrel parody]
aka Keno sharps
10)
Italian airs by native artists
aka Italian airs sung by native artists; Italian airs; Burlesque on Italian airs; Italian opera burlesque
Composer(s): Unidentified

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 21 February 1875, 16.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 06 March 1875, 390.

Program changes since last week; “A fair business has been done.”