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Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49), 5 Feb. 1849 -10 Feb. 1849, Lancashire

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Event Type

Minstrel Show

Notes

Notes
Performers Listed:
  • Briggs
  • Juba
  • Pell
Other Event Info Available:
  • audience
  • description/review
  • performance time
  • programme (general)
  • reception
  • ticket info
  • weather
Other Troupe Info Available:
  • troupe calendar
  • troupe endorsement
  • troupe history
Available Info About Individuals:
  • Briggs :
    • acts
    • moniker
  • Juba:
    • acts
  • Pell:
    • moniker

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 Details

Venue Type: Music Hall
Location: Liverpool
County: Lancashire
Type: Minstrel Show
Venue: Concert Hall

Date

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Date notes

<div class="noteheading">Performance Days Within Run:</div>
<ul class="notes">
<LI>Monday Evening (February 5)
<LI>Tuesday Evening (February 6)
<LI>Wednesday Evening (February 7)
<LI>Thursday Morning (February 8)
<LI>Friday Evening (February 9)
<LI>Saturday Evening (February 10)
</UL>

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








Casting

Event Program

Displaying 1 - 11 of 11
Title Performed Person / Troupe Notes Type
Lucy Long Juba Juba In Character
Festival Dance (Original) Juba Juba Briggs - Banjo Accompaniment Dance, Banjo
Plantation Dance, (Original) Juba Juba Banjo Accompaniment - Briggs Dance, Banjo
Jenny Lind Juba Juba may or may not refer to the song "Jenny Lind" In Character

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Liverpool Mercury January 26, 1849: 1: 1.
    Performance Type Indicated:
    • Minstrel Show
    Troupe Name as Given:
    • “G.W. Pell’s Ethiopian Serenaders”
    Troupe Size Given: not listed
    Performers Listed:
    • “Mr. G.W. Pell”
    • “Boz’s Juba”
    • “Briggs”
    Days & Times Given:
    • “Monday Evening, February the 5th,” and every evening during the week (Thursday excepted)”
    • “a Morning Concert on Thursday, February the 8th, commencing at Two o’clock”
    Other Acts on Bill Listed:
    • none
    Other Info in Record:
    • performance time
    • programme (general)
    • ticket info
  • Liverpool Mercury February 9, 1849: 6: 5.
    Performance Type Indicated:
    • Minstrel Show
    Troupe Name as Given:
    • “Pell’s Serenaders”
    Troupe Size Given:
    • not listed
    Performers Listed:
    • “Boz’s Juba”
    Days & Times Given:
    • “Yesterday the first morning performance of this company took place”
    Other Acts on Bill Listed:
    • none
    Other Info in Record:
    • audience:
      (“the attendance was not numerous, but the reserved seats were well filled by several of the elite of the neighbourhood")
    • programme (general)
      (“Juba’s last dance”)
    • reception:
      (“testified their approbation by the warmest applause. Juba's last dance was most enthusiastically received”)
    • weather:
      (“unfavourable”)
  • Liverpool Mercury February 13, 1849: 3: 1.
    Performance Type Indicated:
    • Minstrel Show
    Troupe Name as Given:
    • “Pell’s Serenaders”
    Troupe Size Given:
    • not listed
    Performers Listed:
    • “Boz’s Juba”
    Days & Times Given:
    • “last week”
    Other Acts on Bill Listed:
    • none
    Other Info in Record:
    • audience:
      ("numerous and highly delighted audiences")
    • description/review:
      ("very clever company of negro melodists", "There is a raciness, a variety, and a spiritedness in their performances which render their entertainment far superior to that of any other troupe of serenaders")
  • Albion (Liverpool) February 5, 1849: 1: 1.
    Performance Type Indicated:
    • Minstrel Show
    Troupe Name as Given:
    • “G.W. Pell’s Ethiopian Serenaders”
    Troupe Size Given: not listed
    Performers Listed:
    • “Mr. G.W. Pell”
    • “Boz’s Juba”
    • “Briggs”
    Days & Times Given:
    • “Monday Evening, February the 5th,” and every evening during the week (Thursday excepted)”
    • “a Morning Concert on Thursday, February the 8th, commencing at Two o’clock”
    Other Acts on Bill Listed:
    • none
    Other Info in Record:
    • performance time
    • programme (general)
    • ticket info