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

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Event Type

Minstrel Show

Notes

Notes
Troupe Size Given:
    “(seven in number)”
Performers Listed:
  • “The great Pell”
  • “Boz’s Juba”
Other Info Available:
  • audience
  • performance time
  • ticket info

Event Details

Venue Type: Theatre
Location: London
County: London (city-county)
Type: Minstrel Show
Venue: Sadler's Wells

Date

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Date notes
M (11) - Sat (16) - every evening
Part of a larger run (June, 1849)
- "Positively the last six Nights" added

Casting

Event Program

Displaying 1 - 9 of 9
Title Performed Person / Troupe Notes Type
Lucy Long Juba Juba In Character, Original
Plantation Dance, (Original) Juba Juba Dance, Original
Marriage Festival Dance Juba Juba Dance, Original
Phoebe Morel Irwin J.H.Irwin Ballad

Bibliographic Sources

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  • 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
  • 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)
  • 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
  • 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)