Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49), 21 Aug. 1848 -26 Aug. 1848, London

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Troupe: Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Venue Type: Pleasure Gardens
Location: London
County: London (city-county)
Type: Variety
Venue: Vauxhall Gardens
Date: 21 August 1848-26 August 1848
Date notes: <div class="noteheading">Performance Days Within Run:</div> <ul class="notes"> <LI>Monday Evening (August 21) <LI>Tuesday Evening (August 22) <LI>Wednesday Evening (August 23) <LI>Thursday Evening (August 24) <LI>Friday Evening (August 25) </UL> <p class='noteEntry'><strong>Part of a longer run (June - October, 1848) </strong></p>
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Performers Listed:
  • Juba
  • Pell
Other Acts on Bill Listed:
  • "Vocal & Instrumental concert"
  • "French and English equestrians"
  • “equestrian performances of Mdlles. Marie Macarte, Gaultier, and Fanny”
  • “Archibald Macdonald, the famed Scottish dancer”
  • “several eminent pipers”
  • "the usual display of fireworks and music"
  • "numerous other attractions"
Other Event Info Available:
  • audience
  • context
  • description/review
  • performance time
  • programme (general – including specific acts)
  • reception
  • ticket info
  • weather

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 Program

Title Performed Person / Troupe Notes Type
Overture Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)

instrumental?

 Overture
Old Joe Gilbert W. Pell/ Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49) Chaunt
Rosa Lee J.H. Irwin/ Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49) Ballad
Stop dat Knockin! J.W. Valintine/ Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49) Solo & Chorus
Duet - Tamborine and Banjo T.F. Briggs/ J.H. Irwin/ Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49) Duet, Tamborine, Banjo
Lucy Long Gilbert W. Pell/ Juba/ Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)

"First appearance of Juba as Miss Lucy Long"
Pell - vocals

 In Character, Song
Duet - Banjo and Bones Gilbert W. Pell/ T.F. Briggs/ Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49) Duet, Banjo, Bones
Plantation Dance, (Original) Juba/ Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49) Dance, Original

Bibliographic Sources

  • Bell’s Life in London and Sporting Chronicle August 20, 1848: 2:1.
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type:
      Variety
    • Troupe Name: “Pell’s Serenaders”
    • Performers Listed: “Master Juba”
    • Days & Times: "To-morrow and during the week"
    • Other Acts on Bill: "Gautier’s French troupe", "Vocal & Instrumental concert", stupendous Model of Constantinople, with Fireworks by Darby", “Mdlle. Macarte”, "numerous other attractions"
    • Other:
      performance time,
      program (general),
      ticket info
    Document Scan
  • Bell’s Life in London and Sporting Chronicle August 27, 1848: 3: 1.
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type:
      Variety
    • Troupe Name: “Ethiopian Serenaders”
    • Performers Listed: “Juba,” “Mr. Pell”
    • Days & Times: “Monday evening” (past)
    • Other Acts on Bill: “the horsemanship of Marie Macarte”
    • Other:
      program (general),
      reception,
      weather
    Document Scan
  • Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle August 27, 1848: 2 (2nd relevant article).
    Info in Record:
    • Troupe Name: “Pel’s [sic] Serenaders”
    • Performers Listed: “Juba,”
    • Other: program (specific act)
    Document Scan
  • Bell’s Weekly Newspaper (London) August 27, 1848: 5: 6.
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type:
      Variety
    • Performers Listed: “Juba,” “Mr. Pell”
    • Days & Times: "Monday night” (past)
    • Other Acts on Bill: “the usual attractions”, “the equestrian feats of Madame Marie Macarte”, “usual display of fireworks and music”
    • Program Info:
    • Other:
      audience,
      reception,
      other (performance, minstrelsy context)
  • Era (London) August 27, 1848: 11:1.
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type Indicated:
      Variety
    • Troupe Name: “the Ethiopian orchestra”
    • Performers Listed: “Pell”, “Juba”
    • Days and Times: “On Monday evening” (past)
    • Venue Name: “Vauxhall Gardens”
    • Other Acts on Bill: “Mdlle. Macarte and the equestrian troupe”
    • Program Info: “Miss Lucy Long” (Pell sings while Juba dances, “Juba executes the most extraordinary pas that can be imagined”
    • Other:
      audience,
      description/review,
      reception
    Document Image
  • Era (London) August 20, 1848: 15:4.
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type Indicated:
      Variety
    • Troupe Name: “Pell’s Serenaders”
    • Performers Listed: “Master Juba”
    • Days and Times: “To-morrow (Monday) and during the week”
    • Venue Name: “Vauxhall Gardens”
    • Other Acts on Bill: “Gautier’s French Troupe”
    • Program Info: “First Appearance of Juba as Miss Lucy Long”. Also, (other race-related): “Model of Constantinople”
    • Other:
      ticket info
  • Globe and Traveller (London) August 26, 1848: ?.
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type:
      Minstrel Show
    • Performers Listed: “Juba”
    • Days & Times: “last night”
    • Venue Name: “Vauxhall”
    • Other:
      audience,
      description/review,
      program (general)
    Document Scan
  • Harvard Theatre Collection, Vauxhall Microfilm v.7, Unidentified Clipping (dated 22.8.48): 134 (bottom half of page, last article in 1st column).
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type:
      Variety
    • Performers Listed: “Juba,” “Mr. Pell”
    • Days & Times: "last night”
    • Venue Name: “Vauxhall Gardens”
    • Other Acts on Bill: “the usual amusements”, “the equestrian feats of Madame Marie Macarte”, “usual display of fireworks and music”
    • Program Info: “ ‘Juba’ … in the character of Lucy Long”
    • Other:
      audience,
      description/review,
      reception,
      ticket info
    Document Scan
  • Lambeth Public Archives, Vauxhall Gardens Collection 1822-54 Book, Playbill (August 21, 1848)
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type:
      Variety
    • Troupe Name: “Pell’s Serenaders”
    • Performers Listed: “Pell,” “Master Juba,” “Irwin,” “Valintine,” “Briggs”
    • Days & Times: “Monday, August 21st, 1848, and Every Evening except Saturday”
    • Venue Name: “Royal Gardens, Vauxhall”
    • Other Acts on Bill: Complete listing, see attached document scan
    • Program Info: “First appearance (in England) of Master Juba as Lucy Long!” Complete listing, see attached document scan
    • Other:
      context (August 24),
      performance time,
      ticket info,
      other (surrounding events at venue),
      other (venue info: patronage, staff, etc.)
    Document Image, Part 1
  • Lambeth Public Archives, Vauxhall Gardens Collection 1822-54 Book, Playbill (August 21, 1848)
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type:
      Variety
    • Troupe Name: “Pell’s Serenaders”
    • Performers Listed: “Pell,” “Master Juba,” “Irwin,” “Valintine,” “Briggs”
    • Days & Times: “Monday, August 21st, 1848, and Every Evening except Saturday”
    • Venue Name: “Royal Gardens, Vauxhall”
    • Other Acts on Bill: Complete listing, see attached document scan
    • Program Info: “First appearance (in England) of Master Juba as Lucy Long!” Complete listing, see attached document scan
    • Other:
      context (August 24),
      performance time,
      ticket info,
      other (surrounding events at venue),
      other (venue info: patronage, staff, etc.)
    Part 2
  • Lloyd’s Weekly London Newspaper August 27, 1848: 8: 3.
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type:
      Variety
    • Performers Listed: “Juba,” “Pell”
    • Days & Times: "Monday night” (past)
    • Other Acts on Bill: “excellent performance of the equestrian troupe” including “Mdlle Macarte”, “second portion of the concert”, “exhibition of the model of Constantinople”, “grand pyrotechnic display”
    • Program Info: Lucy Long
    • Other:
      audience,
      description/review,
      reception
      other (specify)
  • Morning Advertiser (London) August 22, 1848: ?.
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type:
      Variety
    • Troupe Name: “Pell’s Serenaders”
    • Performers Listed: “Master Juba”
    • Days & Times: "To-night, and during the week"
    • Venue Name: “Vauxhall Gardens”
    • Other Acts on Bill: "French and English equestrians", "Vocal & Instrumental concert", "Stupendous Model of Constantinople, with Fireworks by Darby", “Mdlle. Macarte”, "numerous other attractions"
    • Program Info: “Second appearance of Juba as Miss Lucy Long”
    • Other:
      performance time,
      ticket info
    Document Scan
  • Morning Chronicle (London) August 23, 1848: 5.
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type:
      Variety
    • Troupe Name: “Ethiopian Serenaders”
    • Performers Listed: “Juba,” “Mr. Pell”
    • Days & Times: “Monday evening” (past)
    • Venue Name: “Vauxhall Gardens”
    • Other Acts on Bill: “the horsemanship of Marie Macarte”
    • Program Info: “Mr. Pell” … “sang the touching ditty of ‘Lucy Long’”
    • Other:
      description/review,
      reception,
      weather
    Document Scan
  • News of the World (London) August 27, 1848: ?.
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type:
      Variety
    • Performers Listed: “Juba,” “Mr. Pell”
    • Days & Times: "Monday night"
    • Venue Name: “Vauxhall Gardens”
    • Other Acts on Bill: "equestrian feats of Madame Marie Macarte", "the usual display of fireworks and music"
    • Program Info: “’Juba’ … in the character of Lucy Long”
    • Other:
      audience,
      description/review,
      reception
    Document Scan
  • Observer (London) August 20, 1848: 1: 1.
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type:
      Variety
    • Troupe Name: “Pell’s Serenaders”
    • Performers Listed: “Master Juba”
    • Days & Times: "To-morrow and during the week"
    • Other Acts on Bill: "Gautier’s French troupe", "Vocal & Instrumental concert", "stupendous Model of Constantinople, with Fireworks by Darby", “reengagement of Mdlle. Macarte”, "numerous other attractions"
    • Program Info:
    • Other:
      performance time,
      program (general),
      ticket info
    Document Scan
  • Weekly Chronicle (London) August 26, 1848: 7.
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type:
      Variety
    • Troupe Name: “Ethiopian Serenaders”
    • Performers Listed: “Juba,” “Pell”
    • Days & Times: "Monday night"
    • Venue Name: “Vauxhall Gardens”
    • Other Acts on Bill: "performances of the equestrian company", "vocal and instrumental concert"
    • Program Info: “Juba … in the character of ‘Lucy Long’”
    • Other:
      audience,
      description/review,
      reception,
      weather
    Document Scan