Bryants’ Minstrels

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)

03 Apr 1866, Evening
04 Apr 1866, Evening
05 Apr 1866, Evening
30 Apr 1866, Evening
01 May 1866, Evening
02 May 1866, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

4)
aka Clog reel
5)
aka Sonambula; Sonnambula Amina; S.o.n.n.a.m.b.u.l.a.; or, The supper, the sleeper, and the merry Swiss boy
Text Author: Unknown playwright
Participants:  Rollin Howard
6)
aka Seedy musicians; Old time's rocks; Old times' rocks; Old times rock
7)
aka Taming the elephant; Baby elephant; Pet elephant
8)
aka Trial scene of Shylock; Shylock, the merchant of Chatham Street
Participants:  Dan Bryant;  Nelse Seymour
9)
aka Black Brigade, De; Black brigade horse cavalry
Composer(s): Emmett
Text Author: Emmett

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Herald, 30 April 1866.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 30 April 1866, 7.
3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 30 April 1866, 7.
4)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 04 May 1866, 7.
5)
Review: New York Clipper, 05 May 1866, 30.

No mention of music.

6)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 05 May 1866, 32.