Grand Complimentary Testimonial to Dan Bryant
Event Information
Venue(s):
Academy of Music
Conductor(s):
John P. Cooke [cond.-comp.-vocal]
Price: $.50 family circle; .25 amphitheatre; $1 parquet and balcony; $6, $9 and $12 dress boxes; proscenium boxes to hold ten $25
Event Type:
Play With Music, Orchestral
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
5 February 2019
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
19 May 1864, 8:00 PMProgram Details
W. R. Floyd’s adaptation of Handy Andy
Includes the songs:
“Lanigan’s ball” (Bryant) [“Lynagan’s Ball” in NYT]
“Pretty girl milking her cow, A” (Burke)
John P. Cooke by permission of W. Stuart, esq. Bryant did not appear in Old guard or Pretty piece of business.
Includes the songs:
“Lanigan’s ball” (Bryant) [“Lynagan’s Ball” in NYT]
“Pretty girl milking her cow, A” (Burke)
John P. Cooke by permission of W. Stuart, esq. Bryant did not appear in Old guard or Pretty piece of business.
Performers and/or Works Performed
1)
2)
Participants: Academy of Music, orchestra; Mark Smith (role: Squire Eagan); B. T. Ringgold (role: Murtough Murphy); James W. Collier (role: Dick Dawson); Mr. [actor] Ruerm (sp?) (role: Mr. Furlong); Joseph [actor] Murphy (role: Barney); Miss C. [actor] Adams (role: Fanny Dawson); Dan Bryant (role: Handy Andy); Mrs. H.P. Grattan (role: Mad Nance); Ione [vocal/actor] Burke (role: Onah Rooney)
3)
aka Lanagan's ball;
Lannergan's ball;
Lannigan's ball;
Lynagan’s Ball
Composer(s): Bryant, Glover
Participants: Dan Bryant
4)
aka Valley lay smiling before me, The;
Pretty girl milking her cow, A
Composer(s): Benedict
Participants: Ione [vocal/actor] Burke
Citations
1)
“Theatrical people are much interested in a complimentary benefit to be given at the Academy of Music on the 19th instant to Dan Bryant, the popular negro minstrel, and the letter proffering the benefit was signed by a number of prominent citizens, headed by Mayor Gunther. On the occasion Bryant will play ‘Handy Andy’—for the entertainment will be purely histrionic—and Floyd of Wallack’s Theatre will have charge of the stage arrangements.”
3)
– Cast listings. “There will be no seats reserved on this occasion except the dress boxes and seats in the parquet for members of the press.”
4)
“Mr. Bryant’s ambition extends beyond the sphere of an ‘end man.’ He is said to be an excellent actor; and peculiarly felicitous in the delineation of Irishmen.”