Bryants' Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Mechanic's Hall

Proprietor / Lessee:
Dan Bryant
Neil Bryant

Price: $.25

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
10 February 2012

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

10 Nov 1862, 7:45 PM
11 Nov 1862, 7:45 PM
12 Nov 1862, 7:45 PM
13 Nov 1862, 7:45 PM
14 Nov 1862, 7:45 PM
15 Nov 1862, 7:45 PM

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Bryants' Minstrels;  Rollin Howard;  George W. Howard Griffin;  Neil Bryant;  Nelse Seymour;  George S. Fowler [minstrel];  Frank [minstrel] Leslie;  Dan Bryant;  Sherwood C. Campbell
2)
Jeemes the poet
aka Jeems the poet
Text Author: Leavitt, Egan
Participants:  Dan Bryant (role: Funny Jim);  Nelse Seymour (role: Long All)
3)
Italian airs by native artists
aka Italian airs sung by native artists; Italian airs; Burlesque on Italian airs; Italian opera burlesque
Composer(s): Unidentified
Participants:  Dan Bryant (role: Count Maginnis);  Rollin Howard (role: Mme. Fabric-co)
4)
Yakey family, The
aka Yakeys; Yakee family
5)
Tin-pan-onion
aka Tin panonion; Tin-pan-on-ion; Tinpanonion; Tin pan onion; Tin Pano-ni-on; Tin-pan-o-ni-on
6)
"Raw recruits; or, Abraham's daughter," [song]
Composer(s): Winner
7)
Songs and choruses, unidentified
Participants:  Sherwood C. Campbell;  George W. Howard Griffin;  George S. Fowler [minstrel];  Frank [minstrel] Leslie

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 10 November 1862, 7.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 22 November 1862, 255.

“’Jeemes the Poet’ … is said to be a funny production, although it may be said that the funny business is the great feature of this troupe.”