Memorial Matinee to Dan Bryant

Event Information

Venue(s):
New Fifth Avenue Theatre (1873-1939)

Proprietor / Lessee:
Augustin Daly

Manager / Director:
Augustin Daly

Price: $1

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
4 October 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

28 Apr 1875, 1:30 PM

Program Details

Also included a memorial address and a requiem for Dan by his old comrades in minstrelsy, led by the famous quartet of the San Francisco Minstrels, solos by David S. Wambold.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  San Francisco Minstrels;  Fanny Lily Gipsey Davenport;  Bijou Heron
2)
London assurance, selections
Text Author: Boucicault
Participants:  Fanny Lily Gipsey Davenport
3)
Good for nothing, The
aka Nan, the good for nothing; Nan the good for nothing ; Crazy Nan
Text Author: Buckstone
Participants:  Bijou Heron
4)
"Massa's in de cold ground"
aka Massa's in the cold ground
Composer(s): Foster
Participants:  San Francisco Minstrels

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 25 April 1875, 11.

“In aid of the fund for the benefit of the widow and children of the late world-wide favorite, Dan Bryant.”

2)
Review: New-York Times, 29 April 1875, 6.

Brief; no mention of music.

3)
Review: New York Herald, 29 April 1875, 10.

No mention of music.

4)
Review: New York Clipper, 08 May 1875, 46.

No mention of music.