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Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49), 12 Feb. 1849 -17 Feb. 1849, Lancashire

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Event Type

Minstrel Show

Notes

Notes
Performers Listed:
  • Briggs
  • Juba
  • Pell
Other Event Info Available:
  • audience
  • description/review
  • performance time
  • programme (general)
  • ticket info
Other Troupe Info Available:
  • troupe calendar
  • troupe endorsement
  • troupe history
  • troupe moniker
Available Info About Individuals:
  • Briggs :
    • acts
    • moniker
  • Juba:
    • acts
  • Pell:
    • 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

Venue Type: Music Hall
Location: Liverpool
County: Lancashire
Type: Minstrel Show
Venue: Concert Hall

Date

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Date notes

<div class="noteheading">Performance Days Within Run:</div>
<ul class="notes">
<LI>Monday Evening (February 12)
<LI>Tuesday Evening (February 13)
<LI>Wednesday Evening (February 14)
<LI>Thursday Morning (February 15)
<LI>Friday Evening (February 16)
<LI>Saturday Morning (February 17)
<LI>Saturday Evening (February 17)
</UL>
<ul class="notes">
<LI>Advertised as “Positively the Last Week in Liverpool”
</UL>

<p class='noteEntry'><strong>Part of a longer run (Feb. 1849) </strong></p>









Casting

Event Program

Displaying 1 - 5 of 5
Title Performed Person / Troupe Notes Type
Lucy Long Juba In Character
Festival Dance (Original) Juba, Briggs Dance, Banjo
Plantation Dance, (Original) Juba, Briggs Dance, Banjo
Jenny Lind Juba
may or may not refer to the song "Jenny Lind" 		In Character

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Liverpool Mercury February 13, 1849: 3: 1.
    Performance Type Indicated:
    • Minstrel Show
    Troupe Name as Given:
    • “Pell’s Serenaders”
    Troupe Size Given:
    • not listed
    Performers Listed:
    • “Boz’s Juba”
    Days & Times Given:
    • “appear again every evening this week, except Thursday”
    • “two grand fashionable morning concerts will be given on Thursday and Saturday next”
    Other Acts on Bill Listed:
    • none
    Other Info in Record:
    • none
  • Albion (Liverpool) February 12, 1849: 1: 1.
    Performance Type Indicated:
    • Minstrel Show
    Troupe Name as Given:
    • “G.W. Pell’s Serenaders”
    Troupe Size Given: not listed
    Performers Listed:
    • “G.W. Pell”
    • “Boz’s Juba”
    Days & Times Given:
    • “Positively the Last Week in Liverpool”
    • “This evening, the 12th, To-morrow, the 13th, Wednesday, the 14th , and Friday, the 16th instant”
    • “for the accommodation of those who cannot attend in the Evening, there will be Two Grand Morning Concerts, the first on Thursday next, the 15th, and the second on Saturday, the 17th instant, at Two o’Clock”
    Other Acts on Bill Listed:
    • none
    Other Info in Record:
    • performance time
    • programme (general)
    • ticket info