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Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49), 12 Jun. 1848 -17 Jun. 1848, London

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Variety

Notes

Notes
Performers Listed:
  • "Mr. T.F. Briggs"
  • "Mr. J.H. Everton"
  • "Juba"
  • "Mr. M.C. Ludlow"
  • "Mr. G.W. Pell"
  • "Mr. J.W. Valentine"

    Other Acts on Bill:
  • “Grand Vocal and Instrumental Concert"
  • "On the Ballet Stage, Professor Hemming & his Infant son"
  • "Bradbury on the Corde Volante"
  • “La Lutte de Voltigeurs. Messrs. Henderson, T. Lee, Lavater Lee, &c”
  • “The Four Seasons, A Pantomimic Act, executed on Horseback by Madlle Fanny"
  • "Mirza, Cheval de haute ecole ... introduced by Madame Gauthier"
  • "Mr. Lee" in "an extraordinary equestrian act"
  • "Monsieur Gauthier" and his "Trained Horse, 'Regent'”
  • "Mr Moseley, the great American Rider"
  • "La Cour de Charles V, or, Grand Equestrian Entree"
  • "Clowns in the Circle, - Messrs. Wallett & Signa"
  • "Model of Constantinople"
  • "Grand Pyrotechnic Display"
  • "Band of Sixty Performers"
  • "The Fireworks, by Mr. Darby"
  • "Dancing"

    Other Info Available:
  • audience
  • context
  • description/review
  • performance time
  • reception
  • ticket info
  • weather

    Note: All info has been collected from linked bibliographic sources.

    • Event Details

    Venue Type: Pleasure Gardens
    Location: London
    County: London (city-county)
    Type: Variety
    Venue: Vauxhall Gardens

    Date

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    Date notes
    M-F Evening (June 12-16)
    <br>Part of a longer run (June-Oct., 1848)






























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    Event Program

    Displaying 1 - 17 of 17
    Title Performed Person / Troupe Notes Type
    Rosa Mae Valintine J.W.Valintine New Ballad
    Dance (Original) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49) Dance
    Jenny, put de Kittle on Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49) New Chaunt
    Duet - Banjo and Bones Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49) Duet, Banjo, Bones
    Oh, Susannah, don't you cry Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49) New Refrain
    I Seen Her at de Window Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49) New Song
    Stop dat Knockin! Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49) New Solo & Chorus
    Crown Diamonds Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49) Instrumental? Overture

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    • Globe and Traveller (London) June 13, 1848: ?.
      Info in Record:
      • Performance Type: Variety
      • Performers Listed: "Juba”
      • Days & Times: “last night” (“Whit-Monday”)
      • Other Acts on Bill: “horsemanship” of “the French and English company”
      • Other: audience, context, program (general), reception, weather
    • Lambeth Public Archives, Vauxhall Gardens Collection 1822-54 Book, Playbill (June 12, 1848):
      Info in Record:
      • Performance Type: Variety
      • Troupe Name: “Serenaders”
      • Performers Listed: “Pell,” “Juba,” “Mr. T.F. Briggs, Mr. J.H. Everton, Mr. J.W. Valentine and Mr. M.C. Ludlow”
      • Other Acts on Bill: T.B.A.
      • Program Info: Complete listing, see attached document scan
      • Other: T.B.A.
    • Illustrated London News June 17, 1848: ?.
      Info in Record:
      • Performance Type: Minstrel Show
      • Performers Listed: "Juba", “Mr. Pell”
      • Days & Times: “the next evening”
      • Venue Name: “Vauxhall Gardens”
      • Other: audience, description/review, weather
    • Mark Lane Express (London) June 10, 1848: ?.
      Info in Record:
      • Performance Type: Minstrel Show
      • Troupe Name: "Ethiopian Serenaders"
      • Performers Listed: "Juba", “Pell”
      • Days & Times: “every evening”
      • Venue Name: “Vauxhall Gardens”
      • Other: audience, description/review, reception, weather

      **might refer to a different week within this run...*
    • Era (London) June 14, 1848: ?.
      Info in Record:
      • Troupe Name: “Ethiopian Serenaders”
      • Performers Listed: "Juba", “Pell”
      • Days & Times: "Monday last”
      • Venue Name: “Vauxhall Gardens”
      • Program Info: “dancing” (Juba)
      • Other: audience, description/review, reception, weather
    • News of the World (London) June 15, 1848: ?.
      Info in Record:
      • Performance Type: Minstrel Show
      • Troupe Name: “the Ethiopians”
      • Performers Listed: “Juba”, “Mr. G. W. Pell”
      • Days & Times: “Monday evening” (past)
      • Venue Name: “Vauxhall Gardens”
      • Program Info: “dancing” (Juba)
      • Other: description/review, reception
    • Sunday Times (London) June 11, 1848:
      Info in Record:
      • Performance Type: Minstrel Show
      • Troupe Name: “Ethiopian Serenaders”
      • Performers Listed: “Pell”, “Juba”
      • Days & Times: “next week”; “tomorrow (Monday)”
      • Venue Name: “Vauxhall Gardens”
    • Weekly Chronicle (London) June 18, 1848: ?.
      Info in Record:
      • Performance Type: Minstrel Show
      • Troupe Name: “Ethiopian Serenaders”
      • Performers Listed: “Juba”
      • Venue Name: “Vauxhall Gardens”
      • Other Acts on Bill:
      • Other: description/review, reception
    • Harvard Theatre Collection, Vauxhall Microfilm v.7, Unidentified Clipping (dated Sept. 48): 132 (2nd article on RS).
      Info in Record:
      • Performance Type: Variety
      • Troupe Name: "Ethiopian Serenaders"
      • Performers Listed: “Pell”, “Juba”
      • Other Acts on Bill: “equestrians and she-equestrians”, “gentleman who ties his infant into a Joinville bow”, “Constantinople and the Mosque of saint Sophia and the Golden Horn and the Turbaned Turk”, “display of fireworks”, “orchestra”, “vocalists”
      • Other: description/review, program (general), weather, other (minstrelsy context)
      ***Note: May not refer to this event specifically. All that is known is that the article comes from “June 48”
    • Herald (London) June 12, 1848:
      Info in Record:
      • Performance Type: Minstrel Show
      • Troupe Name: “party of six Americans”
      • Performers Listed: "Juba", “Pell”
      • Days & Times: “Saturday night”
      • Venue Name as Listed: “Vauxhall Gardens”
      • Other: audience, description/review
    • Deutsche Londoner Zeitung June 16, 1848:
    • Harvard Theatre Collection, Vauxhall Microfilm v.7, Unidentified Clipping (dated 18.6.48): 137 (1st article on LS).
      Info in Record:
      • Performance Type: Variety
      • Troupe Name: “the serenaders”
      • Performers Listed: “Pell”, “Juba”
      • Days & Times: "Friday night” (past)
      • Other Acts on Bill: “various entertainments – equestrian, vocal and otherwise”, “ ‘View of Constantinople,’ surrounded by fireworks”
      • Other: audience, program (general), reception
    • Harvard Theatre Collection, Vauxhall Microfilm v.7, Unidentified Clipping (dated 14.6.48): 135 (last article in final R column).
      Info in Record:
      • Performance Type: Variety
      • Troupe Name: "Ethiopian Serenaders"
      • Performers Listed: “Mr. Pell”, “Juba”
      • Days & Times: "last evening”
      • Other Acts on Bill: > “equestrian performances by M. Gauthier and his troupe of foreign horses and riders”, “corps of equestrians under the command of Messrs. Wallett and Moseley”, “fireworks, under the arrangement of the veteran pyrotechnist, Mr Darby”, Professor Hemming and his son”, “vocal concert”, “immense band of instrumental musicians”, “view of Constantinople by Mr. Batty”, “dancing”
      • Other: audience, description/review, weather
    • Era (London) June 18, 1848: 13:1.
      Info in Record:
      • Performance Type: Variety
      • Troupe Name: "old Bones, and his new troupe of Ethiopian Serenaders"
      • Performers Listed: "Juba", “Pell”
      • Days & Times: "Monday last” (debut)
      • Venue Name: Vauxhall Gardens
      • Other Acts on Bill: “grand picture of Constantinople”, “magnificent display of fireworks”
      • Other: audience, description/review, reception, weather
    • Bell's Weekly Newspaper (London) June 18, 1848: 5: 5.
      Info in Record:
      • Troupe Name: "the Ethiopians"
      • Performers Listed: "Juba", “Mr. G.W. Pell”
      • Days & Times: "Monday evening” (past)
      • Other: reception
    • Weekly Dispatch (London) June 11, 1848: ?.
      Info in Record:
      • Performance Type: Variety
      • Troupe Name: “Ethiopian Serenaders”
      • Performers Listed: “Juba,” “Pell”
      • Days & Times: "Every Evening"
      • Other Acts on Bill: "Gauthier's unrivalled French Troupe", "Wallett and Moseley's English Corps of Equestrians", "Professor Hemming and Son", "Grand Pictorial Model of Constantinople, with Fireworks by Darby", "Brilliant Illuminations", "Vocal Concert", "Band of 60 Performers"
      • Other: performance time, program (general), ticket info
    • Morning Chronicle (London) June 9, 1848: 1.
      Info in Record:
      • Troupe Name: “‘Old Bones’ and his highly talented corps”
      • Performers Listed: "Boz’s ‘Juba’”, “‘Old Bones’”
      • Days & Times: “Monday next, June 12, and every evening except Saturday”
      • Other: ticket info
    • Observer (London) June 12, 1848: 6.
      Info in Record:
      • Performance Type: Minstrel Show
      • Troupe Name: “party of six Americans”
      • Performers Listed: “Juba”
      • Days & Times: “last night”
      • Other: audience, context, description/review, programme (general)
    • Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle June 11, 1848: 3:2.
      Info in Record:
      • Performance Type: Variety
      • Troupe Name: “a Party of Ethiopeans (sic)”
      • Performers Listed: “Mr. Pell, the well-known bone player and vocalist”
      • Days & Times: “appear for the first time to-morrow evening”
      • Venue Name: Vauxhall Gardens
    • Morning Chronicle (London) June 13, 1848: 1.
      Info in Record:
      • Performance Type: Variety
      • Troupe Name: "Ethiopian Serenaders"
      • Performers Listed: "Juba", “Pell”
      • Days & Times: “their second appearance in Europe This Evening, June 13"
      • Other Acts on Bill: “Gauthier's unrivalled French Troupe", "Wallett and Moseley's English Corps of Equestrians", "Professor Hemming and Son", "Grand Pictorial Model of Constantinople, with Fireworks by Darby", "Brilliant Illuminations", "Vocal Concert", "Band of 60 Performers"
      • Other: performance time, program (general), ticket info
    • Morning Chronicle (London) June 12, 1848: 1.
      Info in Record:
      • Performance Type: Variety
      • Troupe Name: "Ethiopian Serenaders"
      • Performers Listed: "Juba", “Pell”
      • Days & Times: “This Evening”
      • Other Acts on Bill: “Gauthier's unrivalled French Troupe", "Wallett and Moseley's English Corps of Equestrians", "Professor Hemming and Son”, "Grand Pictorial Model of Constantinople, with Fireworks by Darby", "Brilliant Illuminations", "Vocal Concert", "Band of 60 Performers"
      • Other: performance time, programme (general), ticket info
    • Observer (London) June 11, 1848: ?.
      Info in Record:
      • Performance Type: Variety
      • Troupe Name: “Ethiopian Serenaders"
      • Performers Listed: “Juba”, “Pell”
      • Days & Times: “Every Evening"
      • Other Acts on Bill: “Gauthier's unrivalled French Troupe"; "Wallett and Moseley's English Corps of Equestrians"; “Professor Hemming and Son"; “Grand Pictorial Model of Constantinople, with Fireworks by Darby"; Brilliant Illuminations"; “Vocal Concert"; “Band of 60 Performers"
      • Other: performance time, programme (general), ticket info
    • News of the World (London) June 18, 1848: ?.
      Info in Record:
      • Performance Type: Minstrel Show
      • Troupe Name: “the Ethiopians”
      • Performers Listed: “Juba”, “Mr. G. W. Pell”
      • Days & Times: “Monday evening”
      • Other: programme (general), reception
    • Ladies' Newspaper (London) June 17, 1848: ?.
      Info in Record:
      • Performance Type: Variety
      • Troupe Name: "Ethiopian Serenaders"
      • Performers Listed: "Juba", “Mr. Pell”
      • Days & Times: refers to Tuesday evening performance specifically
      • Other Acts on Bill: “M. Gauthier and his troupe of foreign horses and riders", “corps of equestrians under the command of Messrs Wallet & Mosely’, fireworks under the arrangement of the veteran pyrotechnist, Mr. Darby”, “professor Hemming & his son", "vocal concert", "immense band of instrumental musicians", "view of Constantinople by Mr. Batty", "dancing"
      • Other: audience, description/review, reception, weather
    • Standard (London) June 13, 1848: ?.
      Info in Record:
      • Performance Type: Variety
      • Performers Listed: "Pell", “Juba”
      • Days & Times: seems to refer to June 12 performance
      • Other Acts on Bill: >"a concert in the theatre"; “horsemanship in the circus"; "some splendid vaulting"; "all the out-of-door amusements and the fireworks exhibition, as a matter of course were suspended" (due to the weather)
      • Other: audience, description/review, programme (general), weather
    • Britannia (London) June 10, 1848: 375.
      Info in Record:
      • Performance Type: Variety
      • Troupe Name: "Ethiopian Serenaders"
      • Performers Listed: "Juba", "Pell"
      • Days & Times: "Every Evening"
      • Other Acts on Bill: "Gauthier's unrivalled French Troupe"; "Wallett and Moseley's English Corps of Equestrians"; "Professor Hemming and Son"; "Grand Pictorial Model of Constantinople, with Fireworks by Darby"; "Brilliant Illuminations"; "Vocal Concert"; "Band of 60 Performers"
      • Other: performance time, ticket info
    • Times (London) June 14, 1848: 4.
      Info in Record:
      • Performance Type: Variety
      • Troupe Name: "Ethiopian Serenaders"
      • Performers Listed: “Pell”, “Juba”
      • Days & Times: "To-Night.”, “Third Appearance"
      • Other Acts on Bill: "Gauthier's unrivalled French Troupe"; "Wallett and Moseley's English Corps of Equestrians"; "Professor Hemming and Son"; "Grand Pictorial Model of Constantinople, with Fireworks by Darby"; "Brilliant Illuminations"; Vocal Concert"; "Band of 60 Performers"
      • Other: performance time, program (general), ticket info,
    • Weekly Chronicle (London) June 17, 1848: 7.
      Info in Record:
      • Performance Type: Variety
      • Troupe Name: "Ethiopian Serenaders"
      • Performers Listed: “Mr. Pell”, “Juba”
      • Days & Times: refers to T evening performance
      • Other Acts on Bill: "M. Gauthier and his troupe of foreign horses and riders", "corps of equestrians under the command of Messrs Wallet & Mosely", "fireworks under the arrangement of the veteran pyrotechnist, Mr. Darby", "professor Hemming & his son", "vocal concert", “immense band of instrumental musicians", "view of Constantinople by Mr. Batty", "dancing"
      • Other: audience, description/review, reception, weather
    • Morning Advertiser (London) June 13, 1848: ?.
      Info in Record:
      • Performance Type: Variety
      • Troupe Name: the Ethiopians"
      • Performers Listed: "Juba", “Mr. G.W. Pell"
      • Days & Times: “last evening”
      • Other Acts on Bill: “Miss Georgiana Smithson, who was in excellent voice"
      • Other: audience, programme (general), reception, weather