Wallack’s Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
Wallack's Theatre

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
8 June 2012

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

21 Aug 1865, Evening
22 Aug 1865, Evening
23 Aug 1865, Evening

Program Details

[Morton:] Pretty piece of business, A
Includes “Paddy’s the boy” (song) and an Irish jig, unidentified


Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Dan Bryant
2)
Born to good luck; or, The Irishman's fortune
aka Born to luck
Text Author: Power
3)
Pretty piece of business, A
Text Author: Morton
4)
"Paddy’s the boy"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
5)
Jig

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Herald, 20 August 1865, 4.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 20 August 1865.
3)
Review: New York Herald, 21 August 1865, 1.

Discusses the varied portrayal of “Irishness” on stage.

4)
Announcement: New-York Times, 21 August 1865, 5.

“To-night, in a new role, Dan Bryant makes his bow.  He will likewise achieve a success; that’s settled beforehand.”

5)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 26 August 1865, 158.

“This is announced as the last week of Mr. Bryant, and the last opportunity we New Yorkers will have of seeing him in Irish characters, as he will shortly resume his end at his Minstrel Hall, and once more put on burnt cork.  So all who wish to see him in white face must improve the present opportunity.”

6)
Review: New York Clipper, 02 September 1865, 166.

“Dan Bryant closed on August 26th, what may be considered, one of the most successful engagements we can charge ourselves with remembering in this city for the last ten years.  We never witnessed more hearty, genuine, spontaneous applause and laughter, than he elicited uniformly from his audiences.”