Bryants’ Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Mechanic's Hall

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
28 May 2020

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

07 May 1866, Evening
08 May 1866, Evening
09 May 1866, Evening
10 May 1866, Evening
11 May 1866, Evening
12 May 1866, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: Bryants' Minstrels; Dan Bryant; Dave [minstrel] Reed

2)

Elephant, The

aka Taming the elephant; Baby elephant; Pet elephant

3)

In and out of place

Text Author: Johnson

Participants: Dan Bryant; Dave [minstrel] Reed

4)

Norma, [burlesque]

aka Grand scene Norma

5)

6)

Rival darkies, The

aka Rival darkeys

7)

Mazeppa, [burlesque]

aka Wild steed of Bohoken; Wild steed of the Bowery; Wild mule of Tartary; Wild zebra of Elm Park

Participants: Dan Bryant

Citations

1)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 07 May 1866.

2)

Review: New York Clipper, 19 May 1866, 46.

“Dan Bryant has created much ‘lafture’ by his Mazeppa burlesque, while his confreres in cork have kept their ends up with much vim since our last.” Another item on the same page reads, “‘Mazeppa’ seems to have taken the town by storm. The Menken [Adah Isaacs Menken] is doing it at the Broadway in a style never before seen in this city. The San Francisco Minstrels are doing it in burlesque, and the Bryants also had a capital Mazeppa burlesque last week, with Dan Bryant as Mazeppa, introducing his highly-bred basket horse, with which he created considerable amusement.”