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Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48), 15 Feb. 1847 -20 Feb. 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)
  • reception
  • ticket info
Other Troupe Info Available:
  • troupe moniker
Other Info Available:
  • other (notice of sheet music sale)

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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>
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<LI>Tuesday Evening (Feb. 16)
<LI>Thursday Evening (Feb. 18)
<LI>Saturday Evening (Feb. 20)
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<LI>No day performance this week due to the beginning of the Easter Season; Morning Performances moved to Mondays (rather than Wednesdays) during Lent (beginning Monday, Feb. 22)
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<p class='noteEntry'><strong>Part of a longer run <br>
(December, 1846 – July, 1847) </strong></p>



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  • 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
  • Morning Chronicle (London) February 8, 1847: 4.
    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” Other Acts on Bill Listed: none Other Info in Record: performance time ticket info
  • Morning Chronicle (London) February 10, 1847: 4.
    Performance Type Indicated: Minstrel Show Troupe Name as Given: “Ethiopian Serenaders” Performers Listed: none Days & Times Given: “ every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday” Other Acts on Bill Listed: none Other Info in Record: performance time ( “Doors open at Eight o’clock”) ticket info (“Boxes and stalls at Mitchell’s Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street”)
  • Morning Chronicle (London) February 12, 1847: 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, and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday” “Due notice will be given of their next Day Performance” Other Acts on Bill Listed: none Other Info in Record: performance time (“Doors open at Eight o’clock”) ticket info (“Boxes and stalls at Mitchell’s Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street”)
  • 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” “The next Day Performance will take place on Monday next” (So NO day performance this week) 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”)
  • 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