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Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49), 26 Mar. 1849 -31 Mar. 1849, Warwickshire

Event Type

Minstrel Show

Notes

Notes
somewhat tentative; event needs further corroboration
Performers Listed:
  • Juba
Other Venue Info Available:
  • surrounding performances at venue
Other Event Info Available:
  • programme (general)
Other Troupe Info Available:
  • troupe history
  • other (troupe reputation)

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.

Venue Type: Theatre
Location: Birmingham
County: Warwickshire
Type: Minstrel Show
Venue: Theatre Royal, Birmingham

Date

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Date notes
<div class="noteheading">Performance Days Within Run:</div>
<ul class="notes">
<LI>Monday Evening (March 26)
<LI>Tuesday Evening (March 27)
<LI>Wednesday Evening (March 28)
<LI>Thursday Morning (March 29)
<LI>Friday Evening (March 30)
<LI>Saturday Evening (March 31)
</UL>
<ul class="notes">
<LI>dates tentative (based on the schedule of the previous week in this run)

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


Event Program

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Bibliographic Sources

  • Era (London) March 25, 1849: 12: 1.
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type: Minstrel Show
    • Troupe Name: “The party of Serenaders, under the directorship of Mr. Pell”
    • Performers Listed: “Boz’s Juba”
    • Days & Times: “are again fulfilling a limited engagement”
    • Venue Name: “Birmingham”
    • Program Info: “agreeable part singing and popular Nigger Melodies, and the dancing of Boz’s Juba”
    • Other: (mention of Serenaders’ past successes in Birmingham, surrounding events at venue)
  • Birmingham Journal March 24, 1849: 1: 1.
    Performance Type Indicated:
    • Minstrel Show
    Troupe Name as Given:
    • "Mr. G.W. Pell’s Ethiopian Serenaders"
    Performers Listed:
    • "Mr. G.W. Pell”
    • “Boz’s Juba”
    Days & Times Given:
    • "Monday next”
    • ”positively the last night”
    Other Info in Record:
    • benefit
      (“Monday next will be for the Benefit of Boz’s Juba”)
    • performance time
      (“Doors open at half-past Seven, to commence at 8”)