Bryants’ Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Mechanic's Hall

Price: $.50, parquet; $.30, gallery

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
19 October 2012

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

25 Sep 1865, 7:45 PM
26 Sep 1865, 7:45 PM
27 Sep 1865, 7:45 PM
28 Sep 1865, 7:45 PM
29 Sep 1865, 7:45 PM
30 Sep 1865, 7:45 PM

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Dave [minstrel] Reed;  Dan Bryant;  Neil Bryant;  Eph Horn;  Nelse Seymour
2)
Miserables, Les; or, Old times rocks, [burlesque]
aka Seedy musicians; Old time's rocks; Old times' rocks; Old times rock
Participants:  Dan Bryant
3)
Jack Cade, [minstrel parody]
aka Mr. Jack Cade
Participants:  Dan Bryant
4)
"Dr. Thumblety outdone"
5)
Prestidigitator, The

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 25 September 1865.
2)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 30 September 1865, 198.

“The house will reopen this evening. . . . [T]he programme including a number of new and amusing acts.”

          And in the adjacent column: “Mr. Nelse Seymour, interlocutor of Bryant’s Minstrels, was lately presented with a magnificent gold hunting watch by his numerous friends.”

3)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 30 September 1865, 200.

Includes list of performers (but not identified with specific works).