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Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48), 11 Jan. 1847 -16 Jan. 1847, London

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Event Type

Minstrel Show

Notes

Notes
Performers Listed:
  • Germon
  • Harrington
  • Pell
  • Stanwood
  • White
Other Event Info Available:
  • context
  • performance time
  • programme (general)
  • ticket info
Other Troupe Info Available:
  • troupe calendar
  • troupe moniker

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Event Details

Venue Type: 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>Tuesday Evening (Jan. 12)
<LI>Wednesday Morning (Jan. 13)
<LI>Saturday Evening (Jan. 16)
<LI>”no performance on Thursday Evening, owing to a private engagement”
</UL>

<p class='noteEntry'><strong>Part of a longer run <br>
(December, 1846 – July, 1847) </strong></p>




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Event Program

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Title Performed Person / Troupe Notes Type
New Grand Medley Overture

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Morning Chronicle (London) January 4, 1847: 1.
    Performance Type Indicated: Minstrel Show Troupe Name as Given: “Ethiopian Serenaders” Performers Listed: “Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Germon” Days & Times Given: “every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Evening” Other Acts on Bill Listed: none Other Info in Record: performance time (Evening performances: “Doors open at Eight o’clock”) ticket info (“Boxes and Stalls at Mitchell’s Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street; and at the Box-office of the Theatre.”)
  • Morning Chronicle (London) January 7, 1847: 4.
    Performance Type Indicated: Minstrel Show Troupe Name as Given: “Ethiopian Serenaders” “Ethiopian Singers” Performers Listed: “Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Germon” Days & Times Given: “This evening, Jan. 7, and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday during the Christmas Holidays” “Grand Day Performance on Wednesday morning next, January 13” Other Acts on Bill Listed: none Other Info in Record: context (“during the Christmas Holidays”) performance time (Day performance: “Doors open at Two o’clock”; Evening performances: “Doors open at Eight o’clock”) ticket info (“Boxes and Stalls at Mitchell’s Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street; and at the Box-office.”)
  • Observer (London) January 10, 1847: ?.
    Performance Type Indicated: Minstrel Show Troupe Name as Given: “Ethiopian Serenaders” Performers Listed: “Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Germon” Days & Times Given: “Tuesday and Saturday next” “no performance on Thursday Evening, owing to a private engagement” “Day Performance on Wednesday morning next, January 13” Other Acts on Bill Listed: none Other Info in Record: performance time programme (general) programme (specific act) ticket info
  • Morning Chronicle (London) January 13, 1847: 4.
    Performance Type Indicated: Minstrel Show Troupe Name as Given: “Ethiopian Singers” “Ethiopian Serenaders” Performers Listed: “Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Germon” Days & Times Given: “Saturday Evening next” “no performance To-Morrow Evening, owing to a private engagement” “Grand Day Performance This Morning (Wednesday)” Other Acts on Bill Listed: none Other Info in Record: performance time (Day performance: “Doors open at Two o’clock”; Evening performances: “Doors open at Eight o’clock”) ticket info (“Private boxes, Stalls, and Places may be engaged at Mitchell’s Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street; and at the Box-office.”)
  • Morning Chronicle (London) January 15, 1847: 4.
    Performance Type Indicated: Minstrel Show Troupe Name as Given: “Ethiopian Singers” “Ethiopian Serenaders” Performers Listed: “Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Germon” Days & Times Given: “To-Morrow Evening (Saturday)” Other Acts on Bill Listed: none Other Info in Record: performance time (“Doors open at Eight o’clock”) ticket info (“Private boxes, Stalls, and Places may be engaged at Mitchell’s Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street; and at the Box-office.”)
  • Morning Chronicle (London) January 19, 1847: 1.
    Performance Type Indicated: Minstrel Show Troupe Name as Given: “Ethiopian Serenaders” Performers Listed: “Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Germon” Days & Times Given: not specified for this event Other Acts on Bill Listed: none Other Info in Record: audience (“continue to attract most crowded and fashionable audiences”) reception (“met with unexampled success”)
  • Era (London) January 10, 1847: 8:1.
    Info in Record: Performance Type: Minstrel Show Troupe Name: Ethiopian Serenaders Days & Times: Tuesday and Saturday evenings (coming) Venue Name: “St. James Theatre” Program Info: To include "My skiff is on the shore", "Old Joe", "Lucy Neal", "Coloured Fancy Ball”, “the Celebrated Railway Overture”. Other: (notice about the publication of songs sung by the Serenaders)
  • Bell’s Life in London January 10, 1847: 1:1.
    Info in Record: Performance Type: Minstrel Show Troupe Name: “Ethiopian Serenaders” Performers Listed: “Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Germon” Days & Times: “On Tuesday and Saturday next” Venue Name: St. James’s Theatre Program Info: “New Grand Medley Overture (composed expressly for these entertainments) and several New Songs” Other: audience description/review performance time ticket info