Bryants’ Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Mechanic's Hall

Price: $.25

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
25 March 2015

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

29 Feb 1864, 7:45 PM
01 Mar 1864, 7:45 PM
02 Mar 1864, 7:45 PM
03 Mar 1864, 7:45 PM
04 Mar 1864, 7:45 PM
05 Mar 1864, 7:45 PM

Program Details

Benefit for the Sanitary Commission on Saturday.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: Bryants' Minstrels; Nelse Seymour; G. A. Conners; George S. Fowler [minstrel]; James Morrison; J. W. [minstrel] Hilton; Frank [minstrel] Leslie; Little [minstrel] Mac; Dave [minstrel] Reed; John H. Sivori; Dan Bryant; Tommy Gettings; Rollin Howard; James Garatagua; Daniel Decatur Emmett; William L. [minstrel] Hobbs; Neil Bryant

2)

Mazeppa, [burlesque]

aka Wild steed of Bohoken; Wild steed of the Bowery; Wild mule of Tartary; Wild zebra of Elm Park

3)

Taming a butterfly, [minstrel parody]

Participants: Dan Bryant; Nelse Seymour; Dave [minstrel] Reed

4)

Challenge dance

5)

Tin-pan-onion

aka Tin panonion; Tin-pan-on-ion; Tinpanonion; Tin pan onion; Tin Pano-ni-on; Tin-pan-o-ni-on

6)

Four crows, The

7)

"Sally, come up"

aka Sally come up

8)

aka Stocks up and stocks down

9)

Donnybrook reel

10)

Essence of Little Mac

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

11)

Exempt Shakers

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

Citations

1)

Announcement: New York Post, 24 February 1864, 2.

2)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 29 February 1864.

“Dan Bryant in his great bare back act.” Saturday night is a benefit for the Sanitary Commission.

3)

Announcement: New York Clipper, 05 March 1864, 371.

4)

Advertisement: New York Clipper, 05 March 1864, 375.

5)

Review: New York Clipper, 12 March 1864, 379.

Saturday performance for the benefit of the U.S. Sanitary Commission. “[Needless] to say, the house was crowded. All honor to the Bryant Brothers for their liberality in such a good cause.”