Event Information

Venue(s):
Mechanic's Hall

Price: $.50 parquette; .30 family circle

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
22 June 2012

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

12 Mar 1866, 7:45 PM
13 Mar 1866, 7:45 PM
14 Mar 1866, 7:45 PM
15 Mar 1866, 7:45 PM
16 Mar 1866, 7:45 PM
17 Mar 1866, 7:45 PM

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Bryants' Minstrels;  Dan Bryant;  Daniel Decatur Emmett;  Neil Bryant;  Nelse Seymour;  George S. Fowler [minstrel];  Charles Henry [minstrel tenor];  Little [minstrel] Mac;  Dave [minstrel] Reed;  John H. Sivori;  James Garatagua;  James Morrison;  George F. Clarendon;  John P. Hogan [minstrel];  John [minstrel] Prendergast
2)
Power of music, The
3)
Miserables, Les; or, Old times rocks, [burlesque]
aka Seedy musicians; Old time's rocks; Old times' rocks; Old times rock
4)
"Cruelty to Johnny"
5)
Sonnambula, La, [burlesque (Unknown author)]
aka Sonambula; Sonnambula Amina; S.o.n.n.a.m.b.u.l.a.; or, The supper, the sleeper, and the merry Swiss boy
Text Author: Unknown playwright
6)
Lady of Lyons, The, [minstrel parody]
aka Lady of Lyons
7)
"I’m as happy as the day is long"
Composer(s): White
Text Author: Brougham
Participants:  Charles Henry [minstrel tenor]

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 12 March 1866.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 12 March 1866.
3)
Review: New York Clipper, 24 March 1866, 398.

“The Bryants give a good entertainment, and their business keeps first rate.”