Bryants’ Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Mechanic's Hall

Price: $.50 parquette; .30 family circle

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
26 June 2012

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

19 Mar 1866, 7:45 PM
20 Mar 1866, 7:45 PM
21 Mar 1866, 7:45 PM
22 Mar 1866, 7:45 PM
23 Mar 1866, 7:45 PM
24 Mar 1866, 7:45 PM

Program Details

The program concluded with Jack on de Green.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: Bryants' Minstrels; Dan Bryant; James Morrison; Daniel Decatur Emmett; George F. Clarendon; Neil Bryant; John P. Hogan [minstrel]; Nelse Seymour; John [minstrel] Prendergast; George S. Fowler [minstrel]; William P. Grier [minstrel]; Little [minstrel] Mac; Dave [minstrel] Reed; John H. Sivori; James Garatagua

2)

Blacksmith's jubilee

aka Blacksmith jubilee

3)

Flutmagilders, The

aka Magilder Family, The

4)

Miserables, Les; or, Old times rocks, [burlesque]

aka Seedy musicians; Old time's rocks; Old times' rocks; Old times rock

5)

"Cruelty to Johnny"

6)

Power of music, The

7)

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

8)

Lady of Lyons, The, [minstrel parody]

aka Lady of Lyons

9)

"Jack on the green"

Composer(s): Emmett

Text Author: Emmett

Citations

1)

Announcement: New York Herald, 19 March 1866, 5.

“[T]he Bryants, with their numerous minstrel company, give a number of excellent songs, after which come the Blacksmith’s Jubilee, The Flutmagilders, Les Miserables, and other excellent things, the whole concluding with Jack on de Green, introducing the troupe in their holiday sports.”

2)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 19 March 1866.

3)

Advertisement: New-York Times, 19 March 1866.