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Harper, E.R. , 6 Feb. 1845 -8 Feb. 1845, Lancashire

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Event Type

Variety

Event Details

Troupe: Harper, E.R.
Venue Type: Theatre
Location: Manchester
County: Lancashire
Type: Variety
Venue: Cooke's Amphitheatre

Date

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Date notes
Thursday-Saturday

Casting

Harper, E.R. 49 (J1)

Event Program

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Title Performed Person / Troupe Notes Type
Virginian Mummy, The Harper E.R.Harper Including "Popular Banjo Melodies” by Harper.
Casting:
  • Ginger Blue - Mr. E.R. Harper
  • Captain Rifle - Mr. L.M. Anderson
  • Dr. Galen - Mr. Fisher
  • Charles - Mr. Berton
  • Paddy O'Leary - Mr. Donald
  • Waiter - Mr. Walker
  • Servant - Mr. Huline
  • Lucy - Mrs. Jackson
  • ? - Mr. Rochez, Mr. Harris, Mr. White, Mrs. Anderson
    		• Play, Drama

    Bibliographic Sources

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    • Era (London) February 9, 1845: 6:3.
      Info in Record:
      • Performance Type: Variety?
      • Performers Listed: “E.R. Harper”
      • Days & Times: “on Thursday last”
      • Venue Name: "Manchester", “the Amphitheatre”
      • Program Info: “the Virginian Mummy”.
      • Other: description/review, other (comparison with T. D. Rice, surrounding events at venue)
    • British Library, BL Mic. C. 13137 Playbills 251: Feb. 6, 1845 (Cooke's):
      Info in Record:
      • Performance Type: Variety
      • Performers Listed: The Virginian Mummy: “Mr. E.R. Harper, The Comic American Banjo Minstrel” (Ginger Blue). “Mr. L.M. Anderson” (Captain Rifle), “Mr. Fisher” (Dr. Galen), “Mr. Berton” (Charles), “Mr. Donald” (Paddy O’Leary), “Mr. Walker” (Waiter), “Mr. Huline” (Servant), “Mrs. Jackson” (Lucy), “Mr. Rochez”, “Mr. Harris” “Mr. White”, “Mrs. Anderson” (character names illegible).
      • Days & Times: “Thursday, Friday and Saturday Evenings, February 6th, 7th, and 8th”
      • Venue Name: “Cooke’s Amphitheatre, Mount-street, Peter-street, Manchester”
      • Other Acts on Bill: “The Equestrian Prodigy, Miss Woolford” in a “scene on Horseback, called The Little Bacchanalian” (2nd on Bill), “Mr. Thomas Lee will perform his great Somerset Gyrations Over Nine Horses!” (3rd), “Monsieur Hinne, the Unexcelled Olympian Ball-Thrower!” (4th).
      • Program Info: “the American Drama of the Virginian Mummy”, in which Harper “will Sing Several of His Popular Banjo Melodies” (6th). Also (other race-related): a “spectacle […] entitled The Victories of Murat!! (1st), and “Mr. Alfred Cooke” in a “varied round of Dramatic Characters [including Shylock, “The Jew Whom Shakspear [sic] Drew”] on Horseback” (5th).
      • Other: performance time, ticket info, other (venue staff & regulations)