Bryants' Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Mechanic's Hall

Price: $.25

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
22 November 2010

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

19 Oct 1863, 7:45 PM
20 Oct 1863, 7:45 PM
21 Oct 1863, 7:45 PM
22 Oct 1863, 7:45 PM
23 Oct 1863, 7:45 PM
24 Oct 1863, 7:45 PM

Program Details

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: Bryants' Minstrels; Dan Bryant; Rollin Howard; Nelse Seymour

2)

"Paddy at the Academy"

Participants: Dan Bryant (role: Paddy Casey); Rollin Howard (role: Mad. Fabriccio)

3)

Vulcan at the forge

4)

Serious family, The, [burlesque]

5)

Composer(s): McNally [composer, conductor, minstrel]

Text Author: Reed

6)

Exempt Shakers

aka Exempt Shaking Quakers; Exempt Shakers from Lebanon Town; Lebanon Shakers, The ; Shaking Quakers

7)

Perfect cures, The

aka Perfect cure

8)

Ghost, The, [minstrel act]

9)

Essence of Little Mac

aka Mac's essence; Little Mac's essence of Old Virginia

10)

Composer(s): Emmett

11)

Carte de visite

Text Author: Williams [dramatist], Burnand

Participants: Dan Bryant (role: Mr. Sage); Nelse Seymour (role: Mr. Fredericks)

Citations

1)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 19 October 1863, 1.

2)

Announcement: New York Herald, 19 October 1863.

3)

Review: New York Clipper, 31 October 1863, 229.

“Rollin Howard informs us that he has left the company and bade farewell to the profession, on account of sickness. We hope, however, that we have not seen Rollin in his role for the last time.”

COMMENT: Howard doesn’t appear the rest of the year.