Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49), 11 Jun. 1849 -16 Jun. 1849, London

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Minstrel Show

Event Details

Troupe: Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Venue Type: Theatre
Location: London
County: London (city-county)
Type: Minstrel Show
Venue: Sadler's Wells
Date: 11 June 1849-16 June 1849
Date notes: M (11) - Sat (16) - every evening Part of a larger run (June, 1849) - "Positively the last six Nights" added
Notes: 
Troupe Size Given:
    “(seven in number)”
Performers Listed:
  • “The great Pell”
  • “Boz’s Juba”
Other Info Available:
  • audience
  • performance time
  • ticket info

Event Program

Title Performed Person / Troupe Notes Type
Lucy Long Juba/ Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49) In Character, Original
Plantation Dance, (Original) Juba/ Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49) Dance, Original
Marriage Festival Dance Juba/ Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49) Dance, Original
Phoebe Morel J.H. Irwin/ Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49) Ballad

Bibliographic Sources

  • Era (London) June 10, 1849: 1:1.
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type:
      Minstrel Show
    • Troupe Name: Pell’s “Company of Serenaders (seven in number)”
    • Performers Listed: “The Great Pell, the original Bones”, “that wonderful Youth, Boz’s Juba”
    • Days & Times: “Positively the last six nights”, “Monday and during the week”.
    • Venue Name: “Royal Sadler’s Wells Theatre”
    • Other:
      performance time,
      ticket info
  • Era (London) June 3, 1849: 1:1.
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type:
      Minstrel Show
    • Troupe Name: Pell’s “extraordinary company of Serenaders (seven in number)”
    • Performers Listed: “The Great Pell, the original Bones”, “that wonderful Youth of Colour, Boz’s Juba”
    • Days & Times: “the Evenings of Monday, June 4th; Tuesday, June 5th; Wednesday, June 6th; Thursday, June 7th; Friday, June 8th; Saturday, June 9th, 1849, and the following week.”
    • Venue Name: “Royal Sadler’s Wells Theatre”
    • Program Info: “their Grand Fashionable American Entertainments”
    • Other:
      performance time,
      ticket info
  • Era (London) June 3, 1849: 12:1.
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type:
      Minstrel Show
    • Troupe Name: “Ethiopian Serenaders”
    • Performers Listed: “G.W. Pell, the original Bones”, “Juba”
    • Days & Times: “twelve nights, commencing to-morrow (Monday)”
    • Venue Name: “Sadler’s Wells”
    • Other:
      audience
  • Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library Sadler's Wells Playbill. June 4, 1849
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type:
      Minstrel Show
    • Troupe Name: “G.W. Pell … with his Company of Serenaders”
    • Performers Listed: “G.W. Pell,” “Boz’s Juba,” “Irving,” “Valentine,” “Ludlow,” “Briggs”
    • Days & Times: “the Evenings of Monday, June 4th, 1849, Tuesday, 5th, Wednesday, 6th, Thursday, 7th, Friday, 8th, Saturday, 9th, and following Week”
    • Venue Name: “Theatre Royal, Sadler’s Wells”
    • Other:
      audience,
      ticket info,
      other (mention of Royal Command performances, troupe endorsements)
    Document Scan, Part 1
  • Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library Sadler's Wells Playbill. June 4, 1849
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type:
      Minstrel Show
    • Troupe Name: “G.W. Pell … with his Company of Serenaders”
    • Performers Listed: “G.W. Pell,” “Boz’s Juba,” “Irving,” “Valentine,” “Ludlow,” “Briggs”
    • Days & Times: “the Evenings of Monday, June 4th, 1849, Tuesday, 5th, Wednesday, 6th, Thursday, 7th, Friday, 8th, Saturday, 9th, and following Week”
    • Venue Name: “Theatre Royal, Sadler’s Wells”
    • Other:
      audience,
      ticket info,
      other (mention of Royal Command performances, troupe endorsements)
    Document Scan, Part 2
  • Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library Sadler's Wells Playbill. June 4, 1849
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type:
      Minstrel Show
    • Troupe Name: “G.W. Pell … with his Company of Serenaders”
    • Performers Listed: “G.W. Pell,” “Boz’s Juba,” “Irving,” “Valentine,” “Ludlow,” “Briggs”
    • Days & Times: “the Evenings of Monday, June 4th, 1849, Tuesday, 5th, Wednesday, 6th, Thursday, 7th, Friday, 8th, Saturday, 9th, and following Week”
    • Venue Name: “Theatre Royal, Sadler’s Wells”
    • Other:
      audience,
      ticket info,
      other (mention of Royal Command performances, troupe endorsements)
    Document Scan, Part 3
  • Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library Sadler's Wells Playbill. June 4, 1849
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type:
      Minstrel Show
    • Troupe Name: “G.W. Pell … with his Company of Serenaders”
    • Performers Listed: “G.W. Pell,” “Boz’s Juba,” “Irving,” “Valentine,” “Ludlow,” “Briggs”
    • Days & Times: “the Evenings of Monday, June 4th, 1849, Tuesday, 5th, Wednesday, 6th, Thursday, 7th, Friday, 8th, Saturday, 9th, and following Week”
    • Venue Name: “Theatre Royal, Sadler’s Wells”
    • Other:
      audience,
      ticket info,
      other (mention of Royal Command performances, troupe endorsements)
    Document Scan, Part 4
  • Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library Sadler's Wells Playbill. June 4, 1849
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type:
      Minstrel Show
    • Troupe Name: “G.W. Pell … with his Company of Serenaders”
    • Performers Listed: “G.W. Pell,” “Boz’s Juba,” “Irving,” “Valentine,” “Ludlow,” “Briggs”
    • Days & Times: “the Evenings of Monday, June 4th, 1849, Tuesday, 5th, Wednesday, 6th, Thursday, 7th, Friday, 8th, Saturday, 9th, and following Week”
    • Venue Name: “Theatre Royal, Sadler’s Wells”
    • Other:
      audience,
      ticket info,
      other (mention of Royal Command performances, troupe endorsements)
    Document Scan, Part 5
  • Rare Books/Special Collections, Library of Congress Sadler's Wells Playbill. June 11, 1849
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type:
      Minstrel Show
    • Troupe Name: “Pell … and his Talented Company of Serenaders”
    • Performers Listed: “Pell,” “Boz’s Juba,” “Irving,” “Valentine,” “Ludlow,” “Briggs”
    • Days & Times: “This Evening … Monday, June 11th, Tuesday, June 12th, Wednesday, June 13th, Thursday, June 14th, Friday, June 15th, and Saturday, June 16th, 1849”; “Positively the Last Six Nights”
    • Venue Name: “Theatre Royal, Sadler’s Wells”
    • Program Info:
      'change of programme each evening”; “Each evening will be sung by Mr. Irving and Company an Entirely New Ballad, Entitled Phoebe Morel!”; “Juba, as Lucy Long, In Character (original),” “Juba, in his Marriage Festival Dance (Original), “Juba, in his Plantation Dance (Original)”
    • Other:
      performance time,
      ticket info,
      other (extended discussion of Phoebe Morel – new act),
      other (discussion of bills to be distributed)
    Document Scan, Part 2
  • Rare Books/Special Collections, Library of Congress Sadler's Wells Playbill. June 11, 1849
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type:
      Minstrel Show
    • Troupe Name: “Pell … and his Talented Company of Serenaders”
    • Performers Listed: “Pell,” “Boz’s Juba,” “Irving,” “Valentine,” “Ludlow,” “Briggs”
    • Days & Times: “This Evening … Monday, June 11th, Tuesday, June 12th, Wednesday, June 13th, Thursday, June 14th, Friday, June 15th, and Saturday, June 16th, 1849”; “Positively the Last Six Nights”
    • Venue Name: “Theatre Royal, Sadler’s Wells”
    • Program Info:
      'change of programme each evening”; “Each evening will be sung by Mr. Irving and Company an Entirely New Ballad, Entitled Phoebe Morel!”; “Juba, as Lucy Long, In Character (original),” “Juba, in his Marriage Festival Dance (Original), “Juba, in his Plantation Dance (Original)”
    • Other:
      performance time,
      ticket info,
      other (extended discussion of Phoebe Morel – new act),
      other (discussion of bills to be distributed)
    Document Scan, Part 1