Bryants’ Minstrels
Event Information
Venue(s):
Mechanic's Hall
Event Type:
Minstrel
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
14 June 2016
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
05 Feb 1866, 7:45 PM06 Feb 1866, 7:45 PM
07 Feb 1866, 7:45 PM
08 Feb 1866, 7:45 PM
09 Feb 1866, 7:45 PM
10 Feb 1866, 7:45 PM
Program Details
Performers and/or Works Performed
1)
Participants: Bryants' Minstrels; John P. Hogan [minstrel]; Dave [minstrel] Reed; John [minstrel] Prendergast; Dan Bryant; Thomas Henry [Ethiopian comedian] Ryan; Rollin Howard; John H. Sivori; George W. Howard Griffin; James Garatagua; Daniel Decatur Emmett; Neil Bryant; James Morrison; Nelse Seymour; J. W. Raynor [minstrel]; George S. Fowler [minstrel]; W. [minstrel] Mullen; Charles Henry [minstrel tenor]; Fred [minstrel] Boniface; William P. Grier [minstrel]; John S. [minstrel] Cox; Little [minstrel] Mac
2)
Participants: Dan Bryant (role: Count Houghlihan, an Emerald Buffer); Rollin Howard (role: Mad. Pay-ripper, a sensation prima donna)
4)
aka Jocko, a mischievous monkey;
Monkeyana;
Monkey act;
Little Mac as the monkey
Citations
3)
“Bryants’ Minstrels have recently strengthened themselves by the addition of several new people, so that the entertainments now given by the troupe are unusually interesting. The great head centre of the company is Dan Bryant, who, as we have frequently stated, is truly an artist in his profession.”