Event Type
Dramatic
Event Details
Venue Type: Theatre
Location: Liverpool
County: Lancashire
Type: Dramatic
Venue: Theatre Royal, Williamson Square
Location: Liverpool
County: Lancashire
Type: Dramatic
Venue: Theatre Royal, Williamson Square
Date
-
Date notes
Friday, Saturday evening (Saturday uncertain); day performance on Saturday
Casting
Royal Marionette Theatre (inc. Ebony Marionettes)Ebony Marionettes - "Messrs. Pine, Hazelton, Satinwood, Willow, and Geranium. Conductor… Mr. Lignum Varnum. Comic Song, Sig. Tulippo di Fiore” (seem to be marionette character names, but this is not certain.
Brown - manager of the Royal Marionette Theatre as a whole
Event Program
Displaying 1 - 15 of 15
| Title | Performed Person / Troupe | Notes | Type | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comic Song | 'di Fiore' (Marionette) | 'Sig. Tulippo''di Fiore' (Marionette) | Comic Song | |||
| Shells of the Ocean | Royal Marionette Theatre (inc. Ebony Marionettes) | Royal Marionette Theatre (inc. Ebony Marionettes) | Overture | |||
| Happy are We | Royal Marionette Theatre (inc. Ebony Marionettes) | Royal Marionette Theatre (inc. Ebony Marionettes) | Chorus | |||
| Up Squash | 'Willow' (Marionette) | 'Willow' (Marionette) | Comic Song | |||
| Lilly Baker | 'Pine' (Marionette) | 'Pine' (Marionette) | Ballad | |||
| Duet - Accordion and Bones | 'Pine' (Marionette) | 'Pine' (Marionette) | Duet, Bones, Accordion | |||
| Oh, Gemina | 'Willow' (Marionette) | 'Willow' (Marionette) | Comic Parody | |||
| Railroad Overture | Royal Marionette Theatre (inc. Ebony Marionettes) | Royal Marionette Theatre (inc. Ebony Marionettes) | Overture |
Bibliographic Sources
- Liverpool Record Office & Local History Library, Central Library, Liverpool Playbill (Theatre Royal) - October 22, 1852:Info in Record:
- Performance Type: Dramatic
- Troupe Name: “Royal Marionette Theatre, from Adelaide Street, West Strand, London” including “the Grotesque Ebony Marionettes, or, Ethiopian Melodists”
- Performers Listed: “Mr. Albany Brown, the Manager of the Royal Marionette Theatre,” Also appears to give the ‘names’ of the ebony marionette ‘performers’: “Messrs. Pine, Hazelton, Satinwood, Willow, and Geranium. Conductor… Mr. Lignum Varnum. Comic Song, Sig. Tulippo di Fiore”
- Days & Times: “Friday, October 22nd, 1852, and Every Evening During the Week”
- Venue Name: “Theatre Royal, Liverpool”
- Program Info: Several marionette acts not directly related to race/minstrelsy, plus “the Grotesque Entertainment of the Ebony Marionettes! Or Ethiopian Melodists, from America.” Also, (other-raced): “the Gorgeous and much-admired Easter Spectacle, in Two Acts, called Aladdin! Or, the Wonderful Lamp.” For full program of the Ebony Marionettes act and details of the other acts, see attached document scan.
- Other: description/review, performance time, ticket info, other (surrounding events at venue)
- Liverpool Record Office & Local History Library, Central Library, Liverpool Playbill (Theatre Royal) - October 22, 1852:Info in Record:
- Performance Type: Dramatic
- Troupe Name: “Royal Marionette Theatre, from Adelaide Street, West Strand, London,” [likely] including “the Grotesque Ebony Marionettes, or, Ethiopian Melodists”
- Performers Listed: “Mr. Albany Brown, the Manager of the Royal Marionette Theatre”
- Days & Times: “A Grand Morning Performance, on Saturday next”
- Venue Name: “Theatre Royal, Liverpool”
- Other: audience, performance time, other (surrounding events at venue)