Event Type
Minstrel Show
Notes
Notes
Performers Listed:
- none
Other Event Info Available:
- performance time
- programme (general – including several specific songs)
- reception
- ticket info
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>Monday Morning (March 30)
<LI>Tuesday Evening (March 31)
<LI>Thursday Evening (April 2)
<LI>Friday Morning (April 3)
<LI>Saturday Evening (April 4)
</UL>
<p class='noteEntry'><strong>Part of a longer run <br>
(February – August, 1846) </strong></p>
<div class="noteheading">Performance Days Within Run:</div>
<ul class="notes">
<LI>Monday Morning (March 30)
<LI>Tuesday Evening (March 31)
<LI>Thursday Evening (April 2)
<LI>Friday Morning (April 3)
<LI>Saturday Evening (April 4)
</UL>
<p class='noteEntry'><strong>Part of a longer run <br>
(February – August, 1846) </strong></p>
Casting
Event Program
Displaying 1 - 11 of 11
| Title | Performed Person / Troupe | Notes | Type | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Gals | ||||||
| Come Darkies Sing | only listed for April 4th show | |||||
| Color'd Fancy Ball, De | ||||||
| Lucy Neal | ||||||
| Old Dan Tucker | ||||||
| Duet - Accordion and Bones | only listed for April 4th show | Duet, Accordion, Bones | ||||
| Railroad Overture | Overture | |||||
| My Old Aunt Sally | ||||||
| Nigger's Journey to New York, Dis |
Bibliographic Sources
- Observer (London) March 29, 1846: 1: 1.Performance Type Indicated: Minstrel Show Troupe Name as Given: “Ethiopian Serenaders” Performers Listed: none Days & Times Given: “Morning Performances, To-Morrow, March 30, and Friday, April 3, commencing at half-past two o’clock precisely” “continue their popular Entertainment (for a limited number of representations) (…) every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday” evening Other Acts on Bill Listed: none Other Info in Record: performance time (Evening performances: “open at eight and commence at half-past precisely”; Day Performances: “commencing at half-past two o’clock precisely”) programme (general) (“will be selected from their most popular pieces”) programme (specific acts) (“include the songs of ‘Lucy Neal’ and ‘Dan Tucker;’ also the celebrated Railroad Overture.” ticket info (“ Boxes, 4s.; Pit, 2s.; Amphitheatre, 2s. “Stalls and Private Boxes may also be engaged at Mr. Mitchell’s 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) March 28, 1846: 1: 1.Performance Type Indicated: Minstrel Show Troupe Name as Given: “Ethiopian Singers” Troupe Size Given: not listed Performers Listed: none Days & Times Given: “Second Morning Performance on Monday next, March 30” “This evening, and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday” Other Acts on Bill Listed: none Other Info in Record: performance time programme (general) programme (specific acts) ticket info
- Morning Chronicle (London) March 31, 1846: 5: 1.Performance Type Indicated: Minstrel Show Troupe Name as Given: “Ethiopian Singers” “Ethiopian Serenaders” Troupe Size Given: not listed Performers Listed: none Days & Times Given: “This Evening, and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday” “third Day Performance, on Friday next, April 3” Other Acts on Bill Listed: none Other Info in Record: performance time programme (general) programme (specific acts) reception ticket info
- Morning Chronicle (London) April 4, 1846: 5: 1.Performance Type Indicated: Minstrel Show Troupe Name as Given: “Ethiopian Serenaders” Troupe Size Given: not listed Performers Listed: none Days & Times Given: “This evening, April 4, being their last appearance until Easter Monday, April 13, when they will resume their attractive Entertainment” Other Acts on Bill Listed: none Other Info in Record: performance time programme (general) programme (specific acts) ticket info
- Era (London) March 29, 1846: 4:2.Info in Record: Performance Type: Minstrel Show Troupe Name: “Ethiopian Serenaders” Days & Times: “every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday”; “Two Day Performances; on Monday, March 30, and Friday, April 3” Venue Name: “St. James’s Theatre” Other: performance time, ticket info
- Era (London) March 29, 1846: 4:2.Info in Record: Performance Type: Minstrel Show Troupe Name: “Ethiopian Serenaders” Days & Times: “every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday”; “Two Day Performances; on Monday, March 30, and Friday, April 3” Venue Name: “St. James’s Theatre” Program Info: “The Programme will be selected from their most Popular Pieces.” Other: performance time, ticket info
- Morning Chronicle (London) April 2, 1846: 1.Info in Record: Performance Type: Minstrel Show Troupe Name: “Ethiopian Serenaders” Days & Times: “third Day Performance, To-morrow morning (Friday)”; “This evening (Thursday), and on Satruday” Venue Name: “St. James’s Theatre” Program Info: “The programme will be selected from their most popular pieces” (Friday) Other: performance time, ticket info
- Observer (London) March 29, 1846: 1.Info in Record: Performance Type: Minstrel Show Troupe Name: “The celebrated Ethiopian Serenaders” Days & Times: “every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday,” “Two Day Performances on Monday, March [30] … Friday, April 3” Venue Name: “St. James’s Theatre” Program Info: “The Programme will be selected from their most popular pieces, including the song of ‘Lucy Neal,’ and the celebrated Railroad Overture’ Other: performance time, ticket info, other (mention of past successes)