Bryants’ Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Mechanic's Hall

Price: $.30 gallery; .50 parquet

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
19 December 2012

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

03 Jul 1865, Evening
04 Jul 1865, Evening
05 Jul 1865, Evening
06 Jul 1865, Evening
07 Jul 1865, Evening
08 Jul 1865, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: Bryants' Minstrels; Neil Bryant; Nelse Seymour; Frank [minstrel] Moran; Dave [minstrel] Reed

2)

Scenes at the rafters

3)

Jack Cade, [minstrel parody]

aka Mr. Jack Cade

Participants: Dave [minstrel] Reed

4)

Haunted house, The, [minstrel sketch]

aka Echo

Participants: Neil Bryant; Frank [minstrel] Moran

5)

Catskill mountaineers

6)

"Who can find us now?"

Composer(s): Emmett

Text Author: Emmett

Citations

1)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 03 July 1865, 7.

2)

Review: New York Clipper, 15 July 1865, 110.

“During the last two months the business of the troupe experienced a considerable falling off, owing to various causes; previous to the death of President Lincoln the attendance was large, and the receipts equal to the previous years’ business.”