Bryants’ Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Mechanic's Hall

Proprietor / Lessee:
Dan Bryant
Neil Bryant

Price: $.25

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
26 July 2011

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

13 Jun 1864, 8:00 PM
14 Jun 1864, 8:00 PM
15 Jun 1864, 8:00 PM
16 Jun 1864, 8:00 PM
17 Jun 1864, 8:00 PM
18 Jun 1864, 8:00 PM

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Bryants' Minstrels;  Buffalo Boys;  William L. [minstrel] Hobbs;  Neil Bryant;  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;  Tommy Gettings;  Dan Bryant;  James Garatagua;  Daniel Decatur Emmett
2)
Blacksmith's jubilee
aka Blacksmith jubilee
3)
Three strikers, The
4)
Serious family, The, [burlesque]
5)
Jack Cade, [minstrel parody]
aka Mr. Jack Cade
Participants:  Dan Bryant (role: Jack Cade);  Dave [minstrel] Reed (role: Lord Say)
6)
Duoterpsichoreanclogpedality
Participants:  Buffalo Boys
7)
"My Polly Ann"
aka Polly Ann
Composer(s): McNally [composer, conductor, minstrel]
8)
Essence of Little Mac
aka Mac's essence; Little Mac's essence of Old Virginia
9)
U. S. G.
aka U. S. Grant; USG; plantation festival scene; US Grant; Ulysses S. Grant
Composer(s): Emmett
Text Author: Emmett
10)
Pompey's blunders
aka Pompey's blunders!; Pomp's blunders
Participants:  Dan Bryant (role: Pompey Smashall);  Nelse Seymour (role: Old Puffy)

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 13 June 1864.

2)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 18 June 1864, 78.
“Duoterpsichoreanclogpedality is being concocted at Bryant’s Minstrels—that’s the Choctaw name of the act, but if you wish to have it translated, go to Bryant’s, and the Buffalo boys will do it for you.”
3)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 18 June 1864, 80.