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New Planet Troupe (London-Haymarket, 47), 26 Apr. 1847 -1 May. 1847, London

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Event Type

Dramatic

Event Details

Venue Type: Theatre
Location: London
County: London (city-county)
Type: Dramatic
Venue: Theatre Royal, Haymarket

Date

-
Date notes
Every evening


Casting

New Planet Troupe (London-Haymarket, 47)
Casting:
  • New Planet – Miss P. Horton
  • Juno – Miss Reynolds
  • Venus – Miss Julia Bennett
  • Pallas – Miss Carre
  • Ceres – Miss Telbin
  • Mercury –Buckstone
  • Jupiter – Caulfield
  • Mars – James Bland
  • Saturn – Rogers

    • Event Program

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    Title Performed Person / Troupe Notes Type
    New Planet, The! Or, Harlequin Out of Place.
    Casting:
  • New Planet – Miss P. Horton
  • Juno – Miss Reynolds
  • Venus – Miss Julia Bennett
  • Pallas – Mrs. Stanley (April 26), Mrs. L.S. Buckingham (April 27)
  • Ceres – Miss Telbin
  • Vesta – Miss Adams
  • Mercury, Harlequin –Buckstone
  • Jupiter – Caulfield
  • Mars – James Bland
  • Saturn – Rogers
  • Uranus – Clark
  • Earth – Mrs. W. Clifford
  • 4 ‘Giseles’ – the Misses Wilis
  • Spirit of ‘Her Majesty’s Theatre’ – Mrs. Caulfield
  • Spirit of the ‘Royal Italian Opera – Miss Woulds
  • Norma – Miss Reynolds
    		• Play, Extravaganza, Pantomime
    Overture, Otello Overture, Instrumental

    Bibliographic Sources

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    • Bristol Central Library Playbill (Haymarket) - April 26, 1847:
      Info in Record:
      • Performance Type: Dramatic
      • Performers Listed: No performer names given for race-related roles. See attached document scan for remainder of cast.
      • Days & Times: “This Evening, Monday, April 26th” (19th performance of The New Planet”). “Every Evening till Further Notice.”, “20th 21st 22nd 23rd and 24th Nights”, “To-morrow”, “On Wednesday”, “On Thursday, and Saturday”.
      • Venue Name: “Theatre Royal, Hay-Market”
      • Other Acts on Bill: Monday: the “celebrated Comedy of The Love Chase”, “Waltzes, From ‘Les Huguenots.’ Meyerbeer”, “Galop, Wurzeek”, “To conclude with, a Farce, by J.R. Planche, Esq., called Spring Gardens”. For Tuesday-Thursday & Saturday, see attached document scan.
      • Program Info: “Overture, ‘Otello,’ Rossini” (listed for Monday only), “an entirely New and Original Classical, Astronomical, Quizzical, Polytechnical, Experimental, Operatical, Pantomimical Extravaganza … entitled The New Planet! Or, Harlequin Out of Place”. Includes a section featuring “The Lantum Serenaders” (“Messrs. White, &c.”) and “The Ethiopian Serenaders (“Messrs. Black, &c.”) – “Rival Professors of the Black Art in Music”, “Le Docteur Noir, by a Master of (Black) Arts,” and “The Bondman, (done brown) by ‘A Child of the Sun.’” Also references the lyrics to ‘Buffalo Gals’, describing the 4 Gisele characters as “Beautiful Gals who can come out To-night and dance by the Light of the Moon.”
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