Bryants’ Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Mechanic's Hall

Price: $.25

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
25 April 2014

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

26 Oct 1863, 7:45 PM
27 Oct 1863, 7:45 PM
28 Oct 1863, 7:45 PM
29 Oct 1863, 7:45 PM
30 Oct 1863, 7:45 PM
31 Oct 1863, 7:45 PM

Program Details

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: Bryants' Minstrels; Dan Bryant; Nelse Seymour

2)

Challenge dance

Participants: Dan Bryant; Dave [minstrel] Reed

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)

12)

"Miles O’Reilley’s handcup"

Citations

1)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 25 October 1863, 7.

2)

Advertisement: New York Clipper, 26 October 1863, 230.

“Seventh year.”

3)

Announcement: New York Herald, 26 October 1863, 4.

“Wood’s, Bryants’, Christy’s and Hooley’s at Brooklyn we need scarcely notice, as they are nightly crowded to excess. People are turned away from these places of amusement night after night, and yet they persevere in their determined efforts to enjoy the fun. The minstrels could not be more successful.”

4)

Review: New York Clipper, 07 November 1863, 235.

“[V]ery large and appreciative audiences.”