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:
15 December 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

02 Nov 1874, 8:00 PM
03 Nov 1874, 8:00 PM
04 Nov 1874, 8:00 PM
05 Nov 1874, 8:00 PM
06 Nov 1874, 8:00 PM
07 Nov 1874, 2:00 PM
07 Nov 1874, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Bryants' Minstrels;  Dan Bryant;  Nelse Seymour;  Charles Templeton;  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;  Fred Walz
2)
"Buzz away musketo"
aka Buzz away mosquito; Buzzing musketo; Buzz away musketer
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Dave [minstrel] Reed
3)
"Bonny Eloise"
aka Belle of the Mohawk vale; Bonnie Eloise
Composer(s): Thomas
Text Author: Elliott
Participants:  William [minstrel tenor] Raymond
4)
"Birds will come again, The"
Composer(s): Thomas
Text Author: Cooper [comp-lyricist]
Participants:  Charles Templeton
5)
"You never miss the water till the well runs dry"
aka You never miss the lager till the keg runs dry
Composer(s): Howard
Participants:  Fred Walz
6)
Elephant, The
aka Taming the elephant; Baby elephant; Pet elephant; Who owns dis elephant?
7)
Obeying orders
8)
Old black Joe, [sketch]
9)
Arrival of Albani
aka Black nightingale
10)
Deluge, The; or, A pair of dice lost
11)
When the cat's away the mice will play
12)
"Rosey posey"
aka Rosy posy
Composer(s): Newcomb
13)
Mulligan guards, The

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 01 November 1874, 4.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 14 November 1874, 262.

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