Event Information

Venue(s):
Mechanic's Hall

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
19 July 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

14 May 1866, Evening
15 May 1866, Evening
16 May 1866, Evening
17 May 1866, Evening
18 May 1866, Evening
19 May 1866, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Bryants' Minstrels;  Dan Bryant;  Nelse Seymour
2)
Miserables, Les; or, Old times rocks, [burlesque]
aka Seedy musicians; Old time's rocks; Old times' rocks; Old times rock
3)
African polka
aka Our African polka
4)
"Nerves, The"
aka Nerves original; Nervés
Composer(s): Gordon
Text Author: Brian
5)
Tyrolean galoots
6)
Black chemist, The
Text Author: White
7)
United States mail, The
aka U. S. mail
8)
Ten minutes at the Academy of Music
aka Ten minutes at the Academy
9)
U. S. G.
aka U. S. Grant; USG; plantation festival scene; US Grant; Ulysses S. Grant
Composer(s): Emmett
Text Author: Emmett
10)
"How are you, greenbacks?"
aka How are you greenbacks?; How are you green-backs? ; How are you, greenbacks!; We're comin', Fadder Abram; We're coming, Fadder Abram; We're coming, Father Abram
Composer(s): Glover
Text Author: Griffin, Bowers

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 14 May 1866.