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P.C.O. Rifle Brigade Amateurs, 9 Feb. 1863 -13 Feb. 1863

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Event Type

Dramatic

Event Details

Performer/Company: P.C.O. Rifle Brigade Amateurs
Performer/Company: P.C.O Minstrels
Performer/Company: Tarrant, Corporal T.A.
Performer/Company: P.C.O. Rifle Brigade String Band
Venue Type: Theatre
Type: Dramatic
Venue: Theatre Royal

Notes

Notes
Other info available (See attached bibliographic references):
  • context: placement of entertainments within current discourses surrounding the relative (im)morality of the stage
  • description/review
  • performance time
  • reception
  • ticket info

Date

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Date notes:
Monday & Thursday evenings; part of a longer run





Programme Notes

The 'Blue Tailed Fly' was one part of the minstrels performance; other acts were included in this section as well.

Event Program

Displaying 1 - 4 of 4
Title Performed Person / Troupe Notes Type
Conjugal Lesson, A P.C.O. Rifle Brigade Amateurs P.C.O. Rifle Brigade Amateurs Play
Beauty and Ye Beast, Ye Tarrant, Corporal T.A. Tarrant, Corporal T.A.

A comic song; also described as a "Zoological Medley" (Spectator. 9 Feb 1863, 3:1.)

 Song
Blue Tailed Fly, The P.C.O Minstrels P.C.O Minstrels

Performer:

  • T. Mathews



    Replaced the stump speech originally advertised.
    		• Song
    My Wife's Second Floor P.C.O. Rifle Brigade Amateurs P.C.O. Rifle Brigade Amateurs Play