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:
22 November 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

15 Mar 1875, 8:00 PM
16 Mar 1875, 8:00 PM
17 Mar 1875, 8:00 PM
18 Mar 1875, 8:00 PM
19 Mar 1875, 8:00 PM
20 Mar 1875, 2:00 PM
20 Mar 1875, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Bryants' Minstrels;  Dan Bryant;  Dave [minstrel] Reed;  George [vocal/banjo] Warren;  William Henry [minstrel] Rice;  William H. Brockway;  William [minstrel tenor] Raymond;  Joseph Norris;  Fred Walz;  J. J. [minstrel tenor] Kelly
2)
"Whoa, Bob"
aka Whoa Bob
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Dave [minstrel] Reed
3)
"Kiss me goodbye, darling"
Composer(s): Hays
Text Author: Hays
Participants:  William [minstrel tenor] Raymond
4)
"My dream of love is over"
aka My dream of love is o'er
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Fred Walz
5)
Burlesque opera sketch
aka Scenes at the opera; Ten minutes at the opera; Ten minutes at the Italian opera
Participants:  William Henry [minstrel] Rice;  William H. Brockway
6)
Banjo solos [during minstrel shows]
Participants:  George [vocal/banjo] Warren
7)
"Come where my love lies dreaming"
Composer(s): Foster
Participants:  J. Walz;  J. [balladist] Kelly;  Joseph Norris;  John J. Templeton
8)
Skidmores, The
9)
"Shoo fly, don't bodder me"
aka Shoo fly don't bother me; Shu fly don't bother me; Shew fly don’t bother me
Composer(s): Howard
10)
Slippery day, A
11)
Pompey's blunders
aka Pompey's blunders!; Pomp's blunders; Pompey's patients
12)
Nitro-glycerine
aka Nitroglycerine; Nitro glycerine; Glycerine oil

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 14 March 1875, 11.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 27 March 1875, 414.

  Program changes from the previous week.