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Garrick's Head

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Venue Type & Location

Tavern

Overview

  • Address: Bow Street, Covent Garden (facing Covent Garden Theatre). For a current map, Click Here.

  • Performance Space Description: Information about this venue has not yet been compiled; however, some sense of the performance space may be gleaned by following the links at right. In particular:

  • See the 'Bibliographic Sources' link for a provisional list of venue-relevant resources (both primary and secondary). Wherever possible (i.e. when the pertinent text is relatively short and/or easily condensed) this material has been transcribed, and appears beneath the appropriate bibliographic citation.

  • See the 'Events at venue' link for a listing of blackface/minstrelsy-related events that took place in this performance space (with attached bibliographic references).

    Beth Marquis

    • Troupes at Garrick's Head

    Film Affiliated people Film Type # of event(s)
    American Palmer, the Kentucky Banjo Player Palmer, Minstrel Definite American Palmer, the Kentucky Banjo Player
    Ethiopian Serenaders (1851) De Brenner, Minstrel Definite Ethiopian Serenaders (1851)
    Ethiopian Serenaders (1851) Barlow, W.R. Minstrel Definite Ethiopian Serenaders (1851)
    Ethiopian Serenaders (1851) Ledger, B. Minstrel Definite Ethiopian Serenaders (1851)
    Ethiopian Serenaders (1851) Pell, Gilbert W. Minstrel Definite Ethiopian Serenaders (1851)
    Fair British Minstrels Lee, Alexander Minstrel Definite Fair British Minstrels
    Judge and Jury Society Dramatic Definite Judge and Jury Society

    Events at Garrick's Head

    Event Date Venue Location Film
    Minstrel Show - London, London (city-county) Fair British Minstrels
    Minstrel Show - London, London (city-county) Fair British Minstrels
    Variety - London, London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1851)
    Variety - London, London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1851)
    Variety - London, London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1851)
    Variety - London, London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1851)
    Variety - London, London (city-county) Judge and Jury Society
    Minstrel Show - London, London (city-county) American Palmer, the Kentucky Banjo Player
    Minstrel Show - London, London (city-county) American Palmer, the Kentucky Banjo Player

    Bibliographic Sources

    View a list of abbreviations.

    • Bell’s Life in London November 21, 1847: 2:1.
    • Era (London) August 3, 1851: 1:3.