Bryants’ Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Mechanic's Hall

Price: $.50 parquet; .30 family circle

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
1 August 2012

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

26 Mar 1866, 8:00 PM
27 Mar 1866, 8:00 PM
28 Mar 1866, 8:00 PM
29 Mar 1866, 8:00 PM
30 Mar 1866, 8:00 PM
31 Mar 1866, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Bryants' Minstrels;  Dave [minstrel] Reed;  Dan Bryant;  Charles Henry [minstrel tenor];  William P. Grier [minstrel];  Little [minstrel] Mac
2)
Elephant, The
aka Taming the elephant; Baby elephant; Pet elephant; Who owns dis elephant?
3)
"Hunkee doree"
aka Hunkey doree
Composer(s): Unknown composer
4)
Taming a butterfly, [minstrel parody]
5)
Vulcan at the forge
6)
Latest from Paris, The
7)
Ici on parle français
aka Ici on parle francais
Text Author: Williams
8)
Rival darkies, The
aka Rival darkeys
9)
Scenes at Donnybrook
10)
That’s my sister
11)
U. S. G.
aka U. S. Grant; USG; plantation festival scene; US Grant; Ulysses S. Grant
Composer(s): Emmett
Text Author: Emmett

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 26 March 1866.
2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 26 March 1866.
3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 26 March 1866.
4)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 31 March 1866, 406.