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
-
Date notes
Thursday Evening
Casting
Event Program
Displaying 1 - 8 of 8
| Title | Performed Person / Troupe | Notes | Type | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Dan Tucker | Russell | HenryRussell | Scena | |||
| Slave Ship, The | Russell | HenryRussell | ||||
| Fine Old Coloured Gemman, De | Russell | HenryRussell | Scena | |||
| Song of the Shirt | Russell | HenryRussell | Song |
Bibliographic Sources
- Liverpool Record Office & Local History Library, Central Library, Liverpool Playbill (Concert Hall) - October 7, 1847:Info in Record:
- Performance Type: Vocal Entertainment
- Performers Listed: “Mr. Henry Russell (from America)”
- Days & Times: “Thursday, October 7, 1847,” “For One Night”
- Venue Name: “Concert Hall, Lord Nelson Street”
- Program Info: A “Vocal Entertainment,” which includes several songs not clearly connected to race, plus: “Hood’s Inimitable Song of the Shirt!”, “The Slave Ship,” “Old Dan Tucker,” and “The Fine Old Coloured Gentleman” (the first two of these are listed as one of “his latest Compositions” and the last two are described as “celebrated scenas”)
- Other: performance time, ticket info, other (notice of lyric books for sale)