Event Information

Venue(s):
Bryant's Opera House (W. 23d St.)

Manager / Director:
Dan Bryant

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
21 January 2026

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

30 Mar 1874, 8:00 PM
31 Mar 1874, 8:00 PM
01 Apr 1874, 8:00 PM
02 Apr 1874, 8:00 PM
03 Apr 1874, 8:00 PM
04 Apr 1874, 2:00 PM
04 Apr 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;  John P. Hogan [minstrel];  William H. Brockway;  James Unsworth;  [minstrel singer] Eugene;  Carl [minstrel] Rudolph;  Fred [minstrel] Emerson
2)
"Sadie Ray"
Composer(s): Tannenbaum
Text Author: Mitchell
Participants:  Carl [minstrel] Rudolph
3)
"Cackle, cackle, cackle"
aka Cackle cackle cackle; Barnyard song; Barn yard song
Composer(s): Bagnall
Text Author: Bagnall
Participants:  Dave [minstrel] Reed
4)
"Ring, ring de banjo"
aka Ring the banjo
Composer(s): Foster
Text Author: Foster
Participants:  Dan Bryant
5)
Banjo solos [during minstrel shows]
Participants:  James Unsworth
6)
Song and dance
Participants:  John P. Hogan [minstrel];  Fred [minstrel] Emerson
7)
Miserables, Les; or, Old times rocks, [burlesque]
aka Seedy musicians; Old time's rocks; Old times' rocks; Old times rock
8)
She's led astray
aka Zip, she's led astray ; Zip; or, The mysterious sack
9)
Mesmerism
10)
Davy Krocket
aka Davy Crockett
Participants:  Dave [minstrel] Reed;  Bob [minstrel] Hart
11)
Calico hop

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 29 March 1874, 4.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 11 April 1874, 14.

Program changes from last week; ‘The attendance was excellent during the week, the season of the year being considered.”