Event Type
Variety
Event Details
Troupe: Aga, Selim
Venue Type: Lecture Hall
Location: London
County: London (city-county)
Type: Variety
Venue: St. Leonard's Hall
Location: London
County: London (city-county)
Type: Variety
Venue: St. Leonard's Hall
Date
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Date notes
dates approximate; number of performances unknown
Casting
Event Program
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Bibliographic Sources
- Theatrical Journal (London) February 18, 1852: 51:2-52:1.Info in Record:
- Performance Type: Variety
- Performers Listed: “Selim Aga, a native and a man of colour […] well educated” and a former slave.
- Venue Name: St. Leonard's Hall (Shoreditch)
- Other Acts on Bill: Ventriloquism
- Program Info: “a most interesting Panorama, consisting of the principal views of Towns, Cities, Plantations, Rivers, &c., situated on the banks of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers” during which Selim Aga gives explanations.
- Other: audience (Recommends the exhibition to working classes “who have an idea of immigrating to this part of the globe”), ticket info