Event Type
Circus
Event Details
Troupe: Kendrick
Troupe: Young Congo
Venue Type: Fair Grounds
Location: Sheffield
County: Yorkshire: West Riding
Venue: Fair Ground
Location: Sheffield
County: Yorkshire: West Riding
Note:
Type: CircusThe Pleasure Fair
Venue: Fair Ground
Date
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Date notes
Casting
Kendrick (Sheffield Pleasure Fair - Nov. 1852)
Young Congo (Sheffield Pleasure Fair - Nov. 1852)
Event Program
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Bibliographic Sources
- Sheffield Free Press November 27, 1852: 8:1.Info in Record:
- Performance Type: Exhibition
- Troupe Name: an “establishment” “composed entirely of blacks”.
- Performers Listed: “Kendrick, Jem Burn’s black”, “Young Congo”
- Days & Times: “on Tuesday and Wednesday last” (November 23-24, 1852)
- Venue Name: “the fair ground” (Sheffield)
- Other Acts on Bill: lists a range of attractions at surrounding booths (e.g. a “bearded woman”, a “man-eater”, “mermaids”, “wax-works”, “quack doctors”, animal displays at the “monster establishment of Mr. Edmonds” and plays at various “Thespian temples”.
- Other: audience, context (Sheffield Winter Fair ), weather, other (description of other fair entertainments)