Bryants' Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Mechanic's Hall

Price: $.25

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
12 August 2010

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

01 Dec 1862, 7:30 PM
02 Dec 1862, 7:30 PM
03 Dec 1862, 7:30 PM
04 Dec 1862, 7:30 PM
05 Dec 1862, 7:30 PM
06 Dec 1862, 7:00 PM

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Bryants' Minstrels;  Nelse Seymour;  W. W. [minstrel] Newcomb;  Dan Bryant;  Sherwood C. Campbell;  Rollin Howard;  George W. Howard Griffin
2)
Scenes of boyhood
3)
"Old Carolina extract"
aka South Carolina extract; Old Carlina extract
4)
Tin-pan-onion
aka Tin panonion; Tin-pan-on-ion; Tinpanonion; Tin pan onion; Tin Pano-ni-on; Tin-pan-o-ni-on
5)
Surprise party
6)
"Jolly Jack, the rover"
Composer(s): Unidentified
7)
Italian airs by native artists
aka Italian airs sung by native artists; Italian airs; Burlesque on Italian airs; Italian opera burlesque
Composer(s): Unidentified
Participants:  Dan Bryant (role: Count McGinnis);  Rollin Howard (role: Mad. Fabrico)

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Herald, 01 December 1862, 5.
“The Bryant’s are as popular as ever. Mr. Newcomb, just returned from Europe, is an accession to this troupe.”
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 01 December 1862, 7.
3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 06 December 1862, 7.