Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49), 22 Jul. 1848 -22 Jul. 1848, Sussex

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Minstrel Show

Event Details

Troupe: Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Venue Type: Music Hall
Location: Brighton
County: Sussex
Type: Minstrel Show
Venue: Newburgh Rooms, Cannon Place
Date: 22 July 1848-22 July 1848
Date notes: Sat. evening

Event Program

Title Performed Person / Troupe Notes Type
Slave's Lament Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49) Overture
Carry Me Back to Old Virginia M.C. Ludlow/ Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49) New Song
I Seen Her at de Window Gilbert W. Pell/ Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49) New Chaunt
Ladies, Wont you Marry? J.W. Valintine/ Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49) New Ballad
Oh, Susannah, don't you cry T.F. Briggs/ Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49) New Refrain
Old King Crow Gilbert W. Pell/ Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49) New Chaunt
Georgiana Bell J.W. Valintine/ Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49) New Song
Jenny, put de Kittle on Juba/ Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49) New Chaunt
Intermission
Crown Diamonds Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49) Overture
Stop dat Knockin! J.W. Valintine/ Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49) New Solo & Chorus
Railroad Travelling Gilbert W. Pell/ Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49) New Chaunt
Spot that we were born on J.W. Valintine/ Juba/ M.C. Ludlow/ Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49) New Trio
Old Pedee, The Juba/ Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49) New Refrain
Rosa Mae J.W. Valintine/ Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49) New Ballad
Way down South Juba/ Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49) New Chaunt
Hard Times T.F. Briggs/ Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49) New Solo, Banjo
Marriage Festival Dance Juba/ T.F. Briggs/ Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)

Banjo Accompaniment - Briggs

 Dance, Banjo
Plantation Dance, (Original) T.F. Briggs/ Juba/ Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)

Banjo Accompaniment - Briggs

 Dance, Banjo

Bibliographic Sources

  • Brighton Guardian July 26, 1848
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type:
      Minstrel Show
    • Troupe Name: “Mr. G.W. Pell […] with his party of Serenaders”
    • Performers Listed: “Boz’s Juba”, “Mr. G.W. Pell”
    • Days & Times: “On Saturday evening” (past)
    • Venue Name: “Newburgh Rooms”
    • Program Info: “Hard Times”, by the Banjo player; “duet between [banjo] and ‘Bones’”,
    • Other:
      audience,
      description/review,
      reception
    Document Image
  • Brighton Guardian July 26, 1848
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type:
      Minstrel Show
    • Troupe Name: “Mr. G.W. Pell […] with his party of Serenaders”
    • Performers Listed: “Boz’s Juba”, “Mr. G.W. Pell”
    • Days & Times: “On Saturday evening” (past)
    • Venue Name: “Newburgh Rooms”
    • Program Info: “Hard Times”, by the Banjo player; “duet between [banjo] and ‘Bones’”,
    • Other:
      audience,
      description/review,
      reception
    Document Image, Part 2
  • Brighton Herald July 22, 1848: .
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type:
      Minstrel Show
    • Troupe Name: “Mr. G.W. Pell […] with his Serenaders”
    • Performers Listed: “Boz’s Juba”, “Mr. G.W. Pell”, “Mr. T.F. Briggs”
    • Days & Times: “Saturday evening”
    • Venue Name: “Newburgh Rooms, Cannon Place”
    • Program Info: “an entire New Selection of Songs, Trios, Chaunts, &c.” “Master Juba will introduce his celebrated Marriage Festival and Plantation Dances, accompanied on the Bango [sic] by Mr. T.F. Briggs”
    • Other:
      ticket info
    Document Image
  • Chatsworth House, Devonshire MSS 6th Duke's Chiswick Scrapbook: Ref. 14 D2.
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type:
      Minstrel Show
    • Troupe Name: “G.W. Pell’s Ethiopian Serenaders”
    • Performers Listed: “Boz’s Juba”, “Ludlow”, “Pell”, “Valintine”, “Briggs”
    • Days & Times: “Saturday Evening, July 22nd, 1848”
    • Venue Name: “Newburgh Rooms, Brighton”
    • Program Info: Complete listing; see attached document scan
    • Other:
      description/review (brief)
    Document Image
  • Chatsworth House, Devonshire MSS 6th Duke's Chiswick Scrapbook: Ref. 14 D2.
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type:
      Minstrel Show
    • Troupe Name: “G.W. Pell’s Ethiopian Serenaders”
    • Performers Listed: “Boz’s Juba”, “Ludlow”, “Pell”, “Valintine”, “Briggs”
    • Days & Times: “Saturday Evening, July 22nd, 1848”
    • Venue Name: “Newburgh Rooms, Brighton”
    • Program Info: Complete listing; see attached document scan
    • Other:
      description/review (brief)
    Detail
  • Era (London) July 30, 1848: 11:4.
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type Indicated:
      Minstrel Show
    • Troupe Name: “Mr. G. W. Pell’s Ethiopian Serenaders”
    • Performers Listed: “Boz’s Juba”, “Mr. Pell”, “Mr. Valentine”, “Mr. Briggs”,
    • Days and Times: “last Saturday”
    • Venue Name: “Newburgh Rooms”
    • Program Info: “Mr. Pell’s song of ‘I seen her at the (sic) window’”, “Mr. Valentine’s ‘Rosa Mae’, “Mr. Brigg’s solo on the banjo”, “his [Briggs’] ‘Hard Times’ was honoured with an encore”, "duet between [Briggs] and 'Bones'", “Master Juba sings, plays and dances well, the tambourine being his instrument”
    • Other:
      audience,
      description/review,
      reception
    Document Image