Event Type
Vocal Entertainment
Event Details
Troupe: Russell, Henry
Venue Type: Concert Hall
Location: Liverpool
County: Lancashire
Type: Vocal Entertainment
Venue: Concert Hall
Location: Liverpool
County: Lancashire
Type: Vocal Entertainment
Venue: Concert Hall
Date
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Date notes
Saturday Evening
Casting
Event Program
Displaying 1 - 7 of 7
| Title | Performed Person / Troupe | Notes | Type | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slave Ship, The | Russell | HenryRussell | 3rd Song in Part 1 | Descriptive Song | ||
| Mississippi Song of the Negro Wood-Pilers | Russell | HenryRussell | Finale | Song, Finale | ||
| Good Old Coloured Gentleman, from Old Virginia State, The | Russell | HenryRussell | Final song in Part 1 | Song |
Bibliographic Sources
- Liverpool Record Office & Local History Library, Central Library, Liverpool Playbill (Concert Hall) - April 26, 1845:Info in Record:
- Performance Type: Vocal Entertainment
- Performers Listed: “Mr. Henry Russell, from America”
- Days & Times: “Saturday, April 26, 1845”
- Venue Name: “Concert Hall, Lord Nelson-st.”
- Program Info: a variety of non-minstrel songs (see attached document scan), plus “Descriptive Song… ‘The Slave Ship’” (3rd song in Part 1), “Song… ‘The good old Coloured Gentleman from old Virginia State” (final song in Part 1), and “Finale…’The Mississippi Song of the Negro Wood-Pilers’”
- Other: performance time, ticket info, other (performance context – description of the “Saturday Evening Concerts” series of which this event is a part; surrounding events at venue.)