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Adams (Jim Crow & His Granny, Powell's Circus, 43), 31 Jul. 1843 -31 Jul. 1843, London

Event Type

Circus
Venue Type: Fair Grounds
Location: London
County: London (city-county)
Note:
type uncertain
Type: Circus
Venue: Fair Fields, Stepney

Date

-
Date notes
Monday evening;
Part of a longer run



Event Program

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Title Performed Person / Troupe Notes Type
Jim Crow and His Granny Adams Adams "First Night" Comic Scene

Bibliographic Sources

  • Guildhall Library, Prints, Maps & Drawings Circus Folder, Playbill (July 31, 1843):
    Info in Record: Performance Type: Circus Troupe Name: “Powell’s Circus Royal” Performers Listed: “Mr. Adams,” Performers in other race-related acts: “Messrs. Powell and Grant,” “Mr. Hengler,” “Mrs. Beacham,” “Mr. Henderson,” “Miss Hengler,” “Mr. Brown,” “Mr. Clark” (Plus “Mr. Dewhurst,” “Mme. Polaski,” “Master John Hengler,” “Master Polaski,” “Miss Powell”, others illegible – all potentially included in the full company Canton Jubilee) Days & Times: “Monday, July 31, 1843” (“last night but three”) Venue Name: “Fair Fields, Stepney” Other Acts on Bill: Extensive listing; see attached document scan Program Info: “Mr. Adams will for this night only, introduce his last new Comic scene entitled Jim Crow and His Granny, or, A Ride in a Hand Basket” (“First night”), Plus the following additional race-related acts: “New Grand Spectacle, entitled Kylmar the Tyrant, or the Princess of Mingrellia and the Circassian Captive” (see attached scan for particulars of cast): “an entirely new scene… The Black Forest! on 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Horses, in which Mr. Clark will, for the first time, sustain the comic character entitled Tang Wang the Wise,” “New Grand Spectacle, embodying the whole of the Company, entitled The Canton Jubilee” Other: audience, benefit (Powell), description/review, imagery (though uncertain if it depicts a race-related act)