Performance Type Indicated: Minstrel Show Troupe Name as Given: “Ethiopian Singers” “Ethiopian Serenaders” Performers Listed: “Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Germon” Days & Times Given: “Tuesday next” “Grand Day Performance on Wednesday morning next, January 20” 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.”)

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 20” Other Acts on Bill Listed: none Other Info in Record: *Note: all other info as in January 10 listing in Observer (London) performance time programme (general) programme (specific act) ticket info

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 on Saturday next” “Day Performance on Wednesday morning next, January 20” 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 (“Boxes and stalls at Mitchell’s Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street; and at the Box-office.”)

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”)

Performance Type Indicated: Minstrel Show Troupe Name as Given: “Ethiopian Serenaders” Performers Listed: “Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Germon” Days & Times Given: “To-morrow” Other Acts on Bill Listed: none Other Info in Record: performance time (“Doors open at Eight o’clock”) reception (“great demand for places”) ticket info (“Boxes and Stalls at Mitchell’s Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street; and at the Box-office of the Theatre.”)

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” , “on Wednesday morning next, January 20th” Venue Name: St. James’s Theatre Program Info: “New Grand Medley Overture (composed expressly for these entertainments) and several New Songs” Other: description/review performance time reception ticket info

Info in Record: Performance Type: Minstrel Show Troupe Name: “Ethiopian Serenaders” Days & Times: “on Tuesday night” Venue Name: St. James’s Theatre Program Info: “amusing eccentricities of the sable minstrels” Other: audience description/review reception

Info in Record: Performance Type: Minstrel Show Days & Times: “next Tuesday and Saturday evenings”, “Day performance on Wednesday next” Troupe Name: “The celebrated Ethiopian Serenaders” Venue Name: “St. James’s Theatre” Program Info: fairly extensive listing; see attached document scan Other: performance time, other (warning: only the versions of the songs published by Mr. Mitchell are authentic)

Info in Record: Performance Type: Minstrel Show Troupe Name: “Ethiopian Serenaders” Performers Listed: “Pell, the bone castanet player” Days & Times: specific dates not given, but refers to the previous week’s performances Venue Name: “St. James’s Theatre” Program Info: “the mirth-inspiring strains of ‘Old Joe,’ ‘The Buffalo Girls,’ or the exquisite melody of ‘Lucy Neal.’” Other: audience, description/review, other (venue info – described as an “aristocratic temple”)