Event Information
Venue(s):
Mechanic's Hall
Proprietor / Lessee:
Dan Bryant
Neil Bryant
Price: $.30 gallery; $.50 parquet; $5 private box
Event Type:
Minstrel
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
28 May 2020
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
02 Apr 1866, Evening
03 Apr 1866, Evening
04 Apr 1866, Evening
05 Apr 1866, Evening
06 Apr 1866, Evening
07 Apr 1866, Evening
Program Details
The burlesque on Traviata includes “Ah, force him†(Violetta’s aria, Ah, fors'e lui).
Performers and/or Works Performed
5)
aka U. S. Grant;
USG;
plantation festival scene;
US Grant;
Ulysses S. Grant
Composer(s): Emmett
8)
aka Blacksmith jubilee
10)
Composer(s): Unidentified
11)
aka Jocko, a mischievous monkey;
Monkeyana;
Monkey act;
Little Mac as the monkey
12)
aka Taming the elephant;
Baby elephant;
Pet elephant;
Who owns dis elephant?
Citations
1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 02 April 1866, 7.
2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 02 April 1866.
3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 02 April 1866, 7.
4)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 07 April 1866, 416.
5)
Review: New York Clipper, 07 April 1866, 414.
“Be Careful.—We spent the evening of Good Friday with Bryants’ Minstrels. In the hope that silence on our part may have the effect to induce a reform in what we there and then beheld, we shall say nothing of the proceedings on that occasion. ‘It is never too late to mend.’”
6)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 07 April 1866, 7.