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Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48), 14 Dec. 1846 -19 Dec. 1846, London

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Event Type

Minstrel Show

Notes

Notes
Performers Listed:
  • Germon
  • Harrington
  • Pell
  • Stanwood
  • White
Other Event Info Available:
  • context
  • description/review
  • performance time
  • programme (general)
  • reception
  • ticket info
Other Troupe Info Available:
  • troupe history
  • troupe moniker
Other Info Available:
  • other (notice of published sheet music for songs performed)

Note: All ‘Other Info’ Categories list information that can be found about each item in relation to this event and/or the writings surrounding it.

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 (Dec. 15)
<LI>Thursday Evening (Dec. 17)
<LI>Saturday Evening (Dec. 19)
</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 Overture

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Observer (London) December 6, 1846: 1.
    Performance Type Indicated:
    • Minstrel Show
    Troupe Name as Given:
    • “Ethiopian Serenaders”
    Performers Listed:
    • “Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Germon”
    Days & Times Given:
    • “Tuesday Evening, December 15”
    • “every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday evening”
    Other Acts on Bill Listed:
    • none
    Other Info in Record:
    • context
    • other (notice of published sheet music for songs performed)
  • Observer (London) December 13, 1846: 1.
    Performance Type Indicated:
    • Minstrel Show
    Troupe Name as Given:
    • “Ethiopian Singers”
    • “Ethiopian Serenaders”
    Performers Listed:
    • “Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Germon”
    Days & Times Given:
    • “every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday evening during the Christmas Holidays”
    Other Acts on Bill Listed:
    • none
    Other Info in Record:
    • context
    • programme (general)
    • programme (specific act)
    • ticket info
    • other (notice of published sheet music for songs performed)
  • Morning Chronicle (London) December 14, 1846: 4.
    Performance Type Indicated:
    • Minstrel Show
    Troupe Name as Given:
    • “Ethiopian Serenaders”
    Performers Listed:
    • “Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Germon”
    Days & Times Given:
    • “To-Morrow Evening, December 15”
    • “every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday evenings during the Christmas Holidays”
    Other Acts on Bill Listed:
    • none
    Other Info in Record:
    • context
      (“during the Christmas Holidays”)
    • performance time
      (“Doors open at Eight, and the Entertainment commences at Half-past”)
    • programme (general)
      (“will include a selection from their most popular pieces. Various novelties are in rehearsal, and will be duly announced”)
    • ticket info
      (“ Boxes, 4s.; Pit, 2s.; Ampitheatre [sic], 2s. Private Boxes, Stalls and Places may be engaged at Mitchell’s Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street; and at the Box-office.”)
  • John Bull (London) December 19, 1846: ?.
    Performance Type Indicated:
    • Minstrel Show
    Troupe Name as Given:
    • “Ethiopian Serenaders”
    Troupe Size Given:
    • not listed
    Performers Listed:
    • none
    Days & Times Given:
    • “have resumed their performances”
    Other Acts on Bill Listed:
    • none
    Other Info in Record:
    • description/review
    • programme (general)
  • Era (London) December 6, 1846: 8:1.
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type: Minstrel Show
    • Troupe Name: “Ethiopian Serenaders”
    • Performers Listed: “Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Germon”
    • Days & Times: “Tuesday evening, December 15" and "every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday evenings during the Christmas Holidays.”
    • Venue Name: “St. James’s Theatre”
    • Other: other (warning that only their song books published by Mr. Mitchell’s Library are authentic)
  • Bell's Life in London December 6, 1846: 2:1.
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type: Minstrel Show
    • Troupe Name: Ethiopian Serenaders
    • Performers Listed: Pell, White, Harrington, Stanwood, and Germon
    • Days & Times: Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Evening, through Christmas.
    • Venue Name: St. James’s Theatre
  • Bell's Life in London December 20, 1846: 2:5.
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type: Minstrel Show
    • Troupe Name: Ethiopian Serenaders
    • Venue Name: St. James’s Theatre
    • Other audience, description/review