Event Type
Minstrel Show
Event Details
- Troupe: Sable Harmonists
Venue Type: Exhibition Hall
Location: Birmingham
County: Warwickshire
Type: Minstrel Show
Venue: Corn Exchange, Birmingham
Location: Birmingham
County: Warwickshire
Type: Minstrel Show
Venue: Corn Exchange, Birmingham
Date
-
Date notes
"one week, commencing Monday"
Casting
- Sable Harmonists
Consisting of "seven negroes"
Director: L.C. BENSON
Event Program
Displaying 1 - 4 of 4
| Title | Performed Person / Troupe | Notes | Type | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucy Long | Sable Harmonists | Sable Harmonists | listed as being performed "in Bloomer Costume" | Dance | ||
| Burlesque Bloomer Polka | Sable Harmonists | Sable Harmonists | Dance, Burlesque | |||
| Burlesque Scene from the Opera of Lucy-Did-Lam-Her-More | Sable Harmonists | Sable Harmonists | Burlesque, Comic Scene |
Bibliographic Sources
- Birmingham Journal November 29, 1851: 5:4.Info in Record: Performance Type: Minstrel Show Troupe Name: “the Southern Opera Buffa Troupe of Sable Harmonists” aka “the Real Negroes from America” Days & Times: “for one week, commencing Monday, December 1st” Venue Name: “Corn Exchange, Birmingham” Program Info: “new and original Negro Songs, burlesque Scene from the Opera of Lucy-Did-Lam-Her-More, Burlesque Bloomer Polka, Lucy Long, (Dance in Bloomer Costume), etc, etc.” Other: description/review, performance time, ticket info
- Birmingham Journal December 6, 1851: 8:4.Info in Record: Performance Type: Minstrel Show Troupe Name: “The Sable Harmonists” Days & Times: “have been delighting large audiences during their stay here” Venue Name: “the Corn Exchange” (Birmingham) Program Info: “original and well executed pieces” Other: audience, description/review (brief), reception