Event Type
Minstrel Show
Notes
Notes
Performers Listed:
- Germon
- Harrington
- Pell
- Stanwood
- White
Other Event Info Available:
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- performance time
- programme (general)
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Other Troupe Info Available:
- troupe moniker
Other Info Available:
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Event Details
- Troupe: Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
Venue Type: Theatre
Location: London
County: London (city-county)
Type: Minstrel Show
Venue: St. James Theatre
Location: London
County: London (city-county)
Type: Minstrel Show
Venue: St. James Theatre
Date
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Date notes
<div class="noteheading">Performance Days Within Run:</div>
<ul class="notes">
<LI>Monday Morning (March 1)
<LI>Tuesday Evening (March 2)
<LI>Thursday Evening (March 4)
<LI>Saturday Evening (March 6)
</UL>
<p class='noteEntry'><strong>Part of a longer run <br>
(December, 1846 – July, 1847) </strong></p>
<ul class="notes">
<LI>Monday Morning (March 1)
<LI>Tuesday Evening (March 2)
<LI>Thursday Evening (March 4)
<LI>Saturday Evening (March 6)
</UL>
<p class='noteEntry'><strong>Part of a longer run <br>
(December, 1846 – July, 1847) </strong></p>
Casting
Event Program
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Bibliographic Sources
- Observer (London) January 24, 1847: 1: 1.Performance Type Indicated: Minstrel Show Troupe Name as Given: “Ethiopian Serenaders” Performers Listed: “Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Germon” Days & Times Given: “Continuing (…) on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday” “Day Performance every Wednesday morning until Easter” Other Acts on Bill Listed: none Other Info in Record: performance time (Evening performances: “Doors open at eight o’clock, commence at half-past”; Day performances: “Doors open at two o’clock, commence at half-past”) programme (general) (“the Programme will be varied on each occasion.”) ticket info (“Boxes, 4s.; Pit, 2s; Amphitheatre, 2s. Private Boxes, Stalls, and Places may be engaged at Mr. Mitchell’s Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street; also at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from 11 till 5 o’clock.”)
- Observer (London) January 31, 1847: 1: 1.Performance Type Indicated: Minstrel Show Troupe Name as Given: “Ethiopian Serenaders” Performers Listed: “Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Germon” Days & Times Given: “Continuing (…) on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday” “Day Performance every Wednesday morning until Easter” Other Acts on Bill Listed: none Other Info in Record: performance time (Evening performances: “Doors open at eight o’clock, commence at half-past”; Day performances: “Doors open at two o’clock, commence at half-past”) programme (general) (“the Programme on each occasion will be selected from their most popular pieces, including several New Songs and Melodies.”) ticket info (“Boxes, 4s.; Pit, 2s; Amphitheatre, 2s. Private Boxes, Stalls, and Places may be engaged at Mr. Mitchell’s Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street; and at all libraries and musicsellers; also at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from 11 till 5 o’clock.”)
- Observer (London) February 7, 1847: 1.Performance Type Indicated: Minstrel Show Troupe Name as Given: “Ethiopian Serenaders” Performers Listed: “Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Germon” Days & Times Given: “Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday” “Day Performance every Wednesday morning until Easter” Other Acts on Bill Listed: none Other Info in Record: performance time programme (general) ticket info
- Observer (London) February 14, 1847: 1: 1.Performance Type Indicated: Minstrel Show Troupe Name as Given: “Ethiopian Serenaders” Performers Listed: “Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Germon” Days & Times Given: “Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, until Easter” “the Morning Entertainment (…) will take place every Monday morning during Lent, instead of Wednesday as heretofore” Other Acts on Bill Listed: none Other Info in Record: context performance time programme (general) ticket info other (notice of sheet music sale)
- Morning Chronicle (London) February 15, 1847: 4: 1.Performance Type Indicated: Minstrel Show Troupe Name as Given: “Ethiopian Serenaders” Performers Listed: “Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Germon” Days & Times Given: “continued until Easter, every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Evenings” “the Weekly Morning Entertainment will take place every Monday during Lent, instead of Wednesday as hitherto” Other Acts on Bill Listed: none Other Info in Record: context (“during Lent”) performance time (“Doors open at Eight o’clock, the performance commencing at Half-past Eight”; Day Performance “commencing at Half-Past Two”)
- Observer (London) February 21, 1847: 1: 1.Performance Type Indicated: Minstrel Show Troupe Name as Given: “Ethiopian Serenaders” Performers Listed: “Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Germon” Days & Times Given: “Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, until Easter” “the Morning Entertainment (…) will take place every Monday morning during Lent, instead of Wednesday as heretofore” Other Acts on Bill Listed: none Other Info in Record: *Note: All other info as in February 14 listing in Observer (London) context performance time programme (general) ticket info other (notice of sheet music sale)
- Morning Chronicle (London) February 22, 1847: 1.Performance Type Indicated: Minstrel Show Troupe Name as Given: “Ethiopian Serenaders” Performers Listed: “Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Germon” Days & Times Given: “evening entertainment will be continued as usual, every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday” “continue their day representations every Monday (during Lent) instead of Wednesday, as heretofore” Other Acts on Bill Listed: none Other Info in Record: context (“during Lent”) ticket info (“Boxes and Stalls at Mitchell’s Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street, and at the Box-office.”)
- Observer (London) February 28, 1847: 1: 1.Performance Type Indicated: Minstrel Show Troupe Name as Given: “Ethiopian Serenaders” Performers Listed: “Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Germon” Days & Times Given: “Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, until Easter” “the Morning Entertainment (…) will take place every Monday morning during Lent, instead of Wednesday as heretofore” Other Acts on Bill Listed: none Other Info in Record: *Note: All other info as in February 14 listing in Observer (London) context performance time programme (general) ticket info other (notice of sheet music sale)
- Bell’s Life in London February 14, 1847: 2:1.Info in Record: Performance Type: Minstrel Show Troupe Name: “Ethiopian Serenaders” Performers Listed: “Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Germon” Days & Times: “on TUESDAY, THURSDAY and SATURDAY”, “every Monday morning during Lent, instead of Wednesday” Venue Name: St. James’s Theatre Other: description/review performance time ticket info other: info about the publishing of “the Songs and Melodies [under the sanction of the Serenaders”
- Era (London) February 14, 1847: 8:2.Info in Record: Performance Type: Minstrel Show Troupe Name: Ethiopian Serenaders Performers Listed: Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Germon Days & Times: every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Venue Name: St. James’s Theatre

