Bryants’ Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Mechanic's Hall

Proprietor / Lessee:
Dan Bryant
Neil Bryant

Price: $.25

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
20 December 2022

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

28 Sep 1863, 7:45 PM
29 Sep 1863, 7:45 PM
30 Sep 1863, 7:45 PM
01 Oct 1863, 7:45 PM
02 Oct 1863, 7:45 PM
03 Oct 1863, 7:45 PM

Program Details

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: Bryants' Minstrels; Frank [minstrel] Leslie; Little [minstrel] Mac; Dave [minstrel] Reed; John H. Sivori; Dan Bryant; Tommy Gettings; Rollin Howard; James Garatagua; Daniel Decatur Emmett; William L. [minstrel] Hobbs; Neil Bryant; Nelse Seymour; G. A. Conners; George S. Fowler [minstrel]; James Morrison; J. W. [minstrel] Hilton

2)

"Italian corkconian, The"

Participants: Dan Bryant (role: Count Houlihan MacFadden, a Spaniard); Rollin Howard (role: Mme. Fabbrico, a sensation prima donna)

3)

Trovatore, Il, "Anvil chorus"

Composer(s): Verdi

4)

Captivo trovatore, Il

aka Captive trovatore, Il

Composer(s): Unidentified

5)

"Bourbon Arabs, The"

6)

Yakey family, The

aka Yakeys; Yakee family

7)

Composer(s): McNally [composer, conductor, minstrel]

Text Author: Reed

8)

Three strikers, The

9)

Wake up, William Henry

aka Wake up William Henry

Text Author: White

Participants: Dan Bryant (role: William Henry); Neil Bryant (role: Professor Humbug); Nelse Seymour (role: Old Grimes)

10)

Composer(s): Emmett

11)

Fantasia, flutina, unidentified

Participants: Neil Bryant

Citations

1)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 28 September 1863.

2)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 29 September 1863.

3)

Advertisement: New York Clipper, 03 October 1863, 200.

Performers.

4)

Review: New York Clipper, 10 October 1863, 203.

“At Bryants’ business has been big during the past week. We made up our mind to visit them on Friday evening. . . . [T]he house was crowded, and we were satisfied to obtain even standing room. . . . Neil Bryant made his re-appearance last week, for the first time this season; he gave a flutina fantasia, which was exceedingly well done.”