Bryants’ Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Mechanic's Hall

Price: $.25

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
20 December 2022

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

02 Nov 1863, 7:45 PM
03 Nov 1863, 7:45 PM
04 Nov 1863, 7:45 PM
05 Nov 1863, 7:45 PM
06 Nov 1863, 7:45 PM
07 Nov 1863, 7:45 PM

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Bryants' Minstrels;  Nelse Seymour;  George S. Fowler [minstrel];  G. A. Conners;  J. W. [minstrel] Hilton;  James Morrison;  Frank [minstrel] Leslie;  W. [minstrel] Mullen;  William P. Grier [minstrel];  Little [minstrel] Mac;  Dave [minstrel] Reed;  Dan Bryant;  John H. Sivori;  Rollin Howard;  Tommy Gettings;  Daniel Decatur Emmett;  James Garatagua;  Neil Bryant;  William L. [minstrel] Hobbs
2)
Challenge dance
3)
"Raw recruits; or, Abraham's daughter," [song]
Composer(s): Winner
4)
"Pillywillywinck Band, The"
aka Johnny Schmoker ("Pilly Willy Wink" in refrain.); Pillwillywink Band; Johani Schmoker
5)
Trovatore, Il, "Anvil chorus"
Composer(s): Verdi
6)
Captivo trovatore, Il
aka Captive trovatore, Il
Composer(s): Unidentified
7)
Echo, The, [minstrel]
8)
Ghost, The, [minstrel act]
9)
Cornet solo
10)
Carte de visite
Text Author: Williams [dramatist], Burnand
11)
"Who is Miles O’Reilly?"

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 01 November 1863.

Lists Grier and Mullen.  “Magic Cornet Solo [by] Garatagua.”

2)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 07 November 1863, 238.

3)
Review: New York Herald, 09 November 1863, 7.

 “Bryants’, Wood’s, Christy’s, and Hooley’s at Brooklyn, continue the even tenor of their way. Their halls are nightly crowded to excess. They change their programmes weekly, and certainly merit the immense patronage they one and all receive.”