Bryants' Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Mechanic's Hall

Price: $.25

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
17 August 2010

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

22 Dec 1862, 7:30 PM
23 Dec 1862, 7:30 PM
24 Dec 1862, 7:30 PM
25 Dec 1862, 7:30 PM
26 Dec 1862, 7:30 PM
27 Dec 1862, 7:30 PM

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Bryants' Minstrels;  Daniel Decatur Emmett;  James Morrison;  Neil Bryant;  Nelse Seymour;  George S. Fowler [minstrel];  Frank [minstrel] Leslie;  Little [minstrel] Mac;  John H. Sivori;  Dan Bryant;  William L. [minstrel] Hobbs;  Sherwood C. Campbell;  Rollin Howard;  G. A. Conners;  George W. Howard Griffin;  W. W. [minstrel] Newcomb
2)
Blacksmith's jubilee
aka Blacksmith jubilee
3)
"Raw recruits; or, Abraham's daughter," [song]
Composer(s): Winner
4)
Norma, [burlesque]
aka Grand scene Norma
5)
Miserables, Les; or, Old times rocks, [burlesque]
aka Seedy musicians; Old time's rocks; Old times' rocks; Old times rock
6)
Echo, The, [minstrel]
7)
Scenes of boyhood
8)
Carte de visite
Text Author: Williams [dramatist], Burnand
9)
"Old Carolina extract"
aka South Carolina extract; Old Carlina extract

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Herald, 22 December 1862.
“Bryant’s, as usual, offer a racy treat to their patrons, their programming being varied each evening.”
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 22 December 1862, 7.
3)
Announcement: New York Herald, 25 December 1862, 5.
“Bryants’ offers a holiday show to-night.”
4)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 25 December 1862, 7.
No mention of a matinee.
5)
Review: New York Herald, 29 December 1862, 5.
“Bryant’s, with a most amusing holiday programme, have had their hall filled to overflowing nightly.”