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:
31 October 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

21 Dec 1874, 8:00 PM
22 Dec 1874, 8:00 PM
23 Dec 1874, 8:00 PM
24 Dec 1874, 8:00 PM
25 Dec 1874, 2:00 PM
25 Dec 1874, 8:00 PM
26 Dec 1874, 2:00 PM
26 Dec 1874, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Bryants' Minstrels;  Dan Bryant;  Nelse Seymour;  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;  J. J. [minstrel tenor] Kelly
2)
Santa Claus, [Christmas sketch]
3)
"Kitty McGee"
aka Kitty Magee
Composer(s): Tucker [comp.-cond.-voc.]
Participants:  J. J. [minstrel tenor] Kelly
4)
"Bonnie Jean"
aka Bonny Jean
Composer(s): Miles
Text Author: Burns
Participants:  William [minstrel tenor] Raymond
5)
"Riding in a streetcar"
aka Riding in a street car; Riding in a street-car
Participants:  John P. Hogan [minstrel];  Jimmie [song and dance] Emerson
6)
Norma, [burlesque]
aka Grand scene Norma
Participants:  William Henry [minstrel] Rice
7)
Fooling with the wrong man
8)
Nitro-glycerine
aka Nitroglycerine; Nitro glycerine; Glycerine oil
9)
Elephant, The
aka Taming the elephant; Baby elephant; Pet elephant; Who owns dis elephant?

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 20 December 1874, 11.
2)
Announcement: New York Post, 24 December 1874, 2.
3)
Review: New York Clipper, 02 January 1875, 318.

Program changes since the previous week.