Event Type
Variety
Event Details
Troupe: Percy
Venue Type: Tavern
Location: Portsmouth
County: Hampshire
Type: Variety
Venue: Grecian Saloon
Location: Portsmouth
County: Hampshire
Type: Variety
Venue: Grecian Saloon
Date
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Date notes
Tuesday
Casting
Event Program
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Title | Performed Person / Troupe | Notes | Type | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sam Slick the Yankee Pedlar | Percy | Percy | 4th song in Part 2 of Concert | Comic Song |
Bibliographic Sources
- Portsmouth Central Library, Historical Collections Playbill (Grecian Saloon) - October 3, 1843:Info in Record:
- Performance Type: Variety
- Performers Listed: “Mr. Percy”
- Days & Times: “Tuesday, October the 3rd, 1843”
- Venue Name: “Grecian Saloon, Mary-le-Bone Street, Landport.”
- Other Acts on Bill: After the concert: “Mr. Cox will exhibit a Splendid Series of Dissolving Views”
- Program Info: “a Select Concert”, including several pieces not related to race/minstrelsy, plus “Comic Song, ‘Sam Slick the Yankee Pedlar,’ Mr. Percy” (4th song in Part 2). Also, (other race-related): “Grand Chinese Tamborine Pas de Trois. Rum Jum…Mr. Shalders / Bung Foo…Mr. T. Fry / Ztdm Klpr…Mr. Warde”
- Other: performance time, ticket info, other (venue rules – e.g. “No Encores Allowed”)