Event Type
Minstrel Show
Notes
Notes
Performers Listed:
- none
Other Event Info Available:
- audience
- performance time
- programme (general – including several specific acts)
- programme (full)
- ticket info
Other Troupe Info Available:
- troupe calendar
- troupe moniker
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
- 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
-
Date notes
<div class="noteheading">Performance Days Within Run:</div>
<ul class="notes">
<LI>Tuesday Evening (July 21)
<LI>Wednesday Morning (July 22)
<LI>Thursday Evening (July 23)
<LI>Saturday Evening (July 25)
</UL>
<ul class="notes">
<LI>Listings mention that the engagement has been “extended to the end of the present month, when it must positively terminate”
</UL>
<p class='noteEntry'><strong>Part of a longer run <br>
(February – August, 1846) </strong></p>
<ul class="notes">
<LI>Tuesday Evening (July 21)
<LI>Wednesday Morning (July 22)
<LI>Thursday Evening (July 23)
<LI>Saturday Evening (July 25)
</UL>
<ul class="notes">
<LI>Listings mention that the engagement has been “extended to the end of the present month, when it must positively terminate”
</UL>
<p class='noteEntry'><strong>Part of a longer run <br>
(February – August, 1846) </strong></p>
Casting
Event Program
Displaying 1 - 19 of 19
| Title | Performed Person / Troupe | Notes | Type | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phantom Chorus | ||||||
| Oh! Mr. Coon | ||||||
| Sugar-cane Green, The | ||||||
| Railroad Overture | ||||||
| Duet - Accordion and Bones | ||||||
| Dance the Boatman | ||||||
| Mary Blane | ||||||
| Old Dan Tucker | ||||||
| You'll See Them on the Ohio | ||||||
| Sich a Getting Up Stairs | ||||||
| Lucy Neal | ||||||
| Get Along Home, Yellow Gals | ||||||
| Love Not | ||||||
| Lucy Long | ||||||
| Ginger Blue | ||||||
| Color'd Fancy Ball, De | ||||||
| Come Darkies Sing | ||||||
| Buffalo Gals |
Bibliographic Sources
- Observer (London) July 19, 1846: 1: 1.Performance Type Indicated: Minstrel Show Troupe Name as Given: “Ethiopian Singers” “Ethiopian Serenaders” Performers Listed: none Days & Times Given: engagement “extended to the end of the present month, when it must positively terminate” “Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday” “Day Performance on Wednesday Morning, July 22” Other Acts on Bill Listed: none Other Info in Record: performance time programme (specific acts) ticket info
- Morning Chronicle (London) July 18, 1846: 1.Performance Type Indicated: Minstrel Show Troupe Name as Given: “Ethiopian Singers” “Ethiopian Serenaders” Performers Listed: none Days & Times Given: engagement “extended to the end of the present month, when it must positively terminate” “Tuesday, July 21, Thursday, July 23 and Saturday, July 25” “Day Performance on Wednesday Morning next, July 22” Other Acts on Bill Listed: none Other Info in Record: performance time (“commencing each evening at Half-past Eight o’clock”; Day Performance “commencing at Half-Past Two o’clock”) ticket info (“Boxes, stalls and tickets may be engaged at Mitchell’s Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street, and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven till Five o’clock.”
- Morning Chronicle (London) July 21, 1846: 4.Performance Type Indicated: Minstrel Show Troupe Name as Given: “Ethiopian Singers” “Ethiopian Serenaders” Performers Listed: none Days & Times Given: engagement “extended to the end of the present month, when it must positively terminate” “This Evening, and on Thursday, and Saturday” “Day Performance To-Morrow Morning (Wednesday)” Other Acts on Bill Listed: none Other Info in Record: performance time (“commencing each evening at Half-past Eight”; Day Performance “commencing at Half-Past Two”) programme (general) (“will be varied on each occasion”) ticket info (“Boxes and stalls at Mitchell’s Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street; and at the Box-office.”)
- Observer (London) July 26, 1846: 1: 1.Performance Type Indicated: Minstrel Show Troupe Name as Given: “Ethiopian Singers” “Ethiopian Serenaders” Performers Listed: none Days & Times Given: not specified for this event Other Acts on Bill Listed: none Other Info in Record: audience
- Era (London) July 19, 1846: 13:2.Info in Record: Performance Type: Minstrel Show Troupe Name: “The Ethiopian Serenaders” Days & Times: “ to the end of the present month”; “as usual on Tuesday, July 21, Thursday, July 23, and Saturday, July 25,” Day Performance on Wednesday Morning, next, July 22nd” Venue Name: “St. James’s Theatre” Other: audience, performance time,
- Bell's Life in London July 19, 1846: 2:1.Info in Record: Performance Type: Minstrel Show Troupe Name: Ethiopian Serenaders Days & Times: Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Evening, Wednesday matinee (coming). Again announced as the troupes final week in London. Venue Name: “St. James’s Theatre”