Bryant’s Minstrels – Opening Night of Fall and Winter Season
Event Information
Venue(s):
Mechanic's Hall
Price: $.50 parquet; .20 gallery
Event Type:
Minstrel
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
7 October 2012
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
11 Sep 1865, 8:00 PMProgram Details
Opening night
Performers and/or Works Performed
1)
Participants: Bryants' Minstrels; Napoleon W. Gould; B. W. [minstrel] Buchanan; William P. Grier [minstrel]; W. [minstrel] Rickets; Charles Templeton; Signor [minstrel] Persini; Dave [minstrel] Reed; John [minstrel] Simpson; Dan Bryant; John H. Sivori; John S. [minstrel] Cox; Daniel Decatur Emmett; Neil Bryant; James Morrison; Eph Horn; Mickey [variety/minstrel dancer] Warren; Nelse Seymour; Fred [minstrel] Boniface; Jules Stratton [minstrel]; D. C. [minstrel] Winans; George S. Fowler [minstrel]; Alexander [minstrel] Ross
2)
aka Seedy musicians;
Old time's rocks;
Old times' rocks;
Old times rock
Citations
2)
“[A] fine company, to which Dan returns, flushed with his Hibernian honors.”
4)
“[P]retty strong force, especially in the comic department. . . . There are some good vocalists as well as instrumentalists in this list, showing that the proprietors, in commencing the new campaign, have not overlooked the fact that they will have a powerful competition this season.”