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

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Minstrel Show

Event Details

Troupe: Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Venue Type: Theatre
Location: Birmingham
County: Warwickshire
Type: Minstrel Show
Venue: Theatre Royal, Birmingham
Date: 26 March 1849-31 March 1849
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>
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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.

Bibliographic Sources

  • 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”)
  • 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)