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Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
4 September 2022

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

08 Oct 1863, 7:30 PM

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Bryants' Minstrels;  Dave [minstrel] Reed;  Harry Chapman;  Mrs. Harry Chapman;  Dan Bryant;  Rollin Howard;  Nelse Seymour;  Frank [minstrel] Leslie;  Tony Pastor;  William P. Grier [minstrel];  Little [minstrel] Mac
2)
William Tell; or, the hero of Switzerland
aka Hero of Switzerland, The
Text Author: Knowles
3)
Kiss in the dark, A
Text Author: Buckstone
Participants:  Harry Chapman;  Mrs. Harry Chapman
4)
Overture, unidentified [generic]
Participants:  Bryants' Minstrels
5)
Opening chorus operatic [minstrel]
aka Grand operatic scene
Participants:  Bryants' Minstrels
6)
"Kingdom coming"
aka Kingdom's coming; or, The song of the contraband!; Song of the contraband!
Composer(s): Work
Text Author: Work
Participants:  Dave [minstrel] Reed
7)
"I am lonely tonight"
Composer(s): Griffin
Text Author: Griffin
Participants:  William P. Grier [minstrel]
8)
"Lannagan’s ball"
Participants:  Dan Bryant
9)
"No one to love"
Composer(s): Harvey
Text Author: Richardson
Participants:  Frank [minstrel] Leslie
10)
"Slumbering motes"
aka Finale – Slumbering motes
Participants:  Bryants' Minstrels
11)
INTERMISSION
12)
Sonnambula, La, [burlesque (Unknown author)]
aka Sonambula; Sonnambula Amina; S.o.n.n.a.m.b.u.l.a.; or, The supper, the sleeper, and the merry Swiss boy
Text Author: Unknown playwright
Participants:  Rollin Howard
13)
Essence of old Virginny
aka Essence of old Virginia; Essence of ol' Virginny; Essence of ole Virginia; Quint essence of Old Virginny; Quaint essence of Old Virginny; Quintessence of Old Virginny; Essence of Old Birginia
Participants:  Little [minstrel] Mac
14)
"That's what's the matter"
aka Dat's what's de matter
Composer(s): Foster
Participants:  Dan Bryant
15)
"Sally, come up"
aka Sally come up
Participants:  Dave [minstrel] Reed
16)
Ghost's echo, The
aka Echo ghost; Ghost echo
Participants:  Dan Bryant;  Nelse Seymour
17)
Pleasant neighbor, A
aka Pleasant neighbors
Text Author: Planché

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 07 October 1863, 5.
“Two companies of minstrels.”
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 08 October 1863, 8.
Includes program and performers.
3)
Advertisement: New York Sun, 08 October 1863.
For Thursday, 10/30.
4)
Announcement: New York Herald, 11 October 1863, 7.

Offers thanks to various participants, including but not limited to: Mr. E. Eddy, J.W. Lingard, G.L. Fox, Tony Pastor, R. Butler, N.B. Clarke, and members of Bryants' Minstrels.

“It is also a matter of intense gratification and of universal comment that the festival was one of the most, if not the most, successful of any that the managers ever had.”