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Sinclair, Charles, 5 Mar. 1851 -5 Mar. 1851, Hampshire

Event Type

Vocal Entertainment

Event Details

Venue Type: Lecture Hall
Location: Portsmouth
County: Hampshire
Type: Vocal Entertainment
Venue: Society’s Beneficial Room

Date

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Date notes
Wednesday evening

Event Program

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Title Performed Person / Troupe Notes Type
Dandy Broadway Swell Sinclair CharlesSinclair 6th song in Part 1 of Concert Song

Bibliographic Sources

  • Portsmouth Central Library, Historical Collections Playbill (Society Room) - March 5, 1851:
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type: Specialty Entertainment (Variety, but only one performer)
    • Performers Listed: “Mr. Charles Sinclair”
    • Days & Times: “Wednesday Evening next, March the 5th, 1851”
    • Venue Name: “the Society’s Beneficial Room, Kent Street, Portsea”
    • Program Info: “Novel Entertainments, comprising Vocal & Instrumental Music, Together With Ventriloquism, American and Other Anecdotes, and will on this occasion introduce his Aerial Flutina”. Programme of songs includes several pieces not clearly connected to race/minstrelsy (see attached document scan), plus “Song – ‘Dandy Broadway Swell’” (6th song in Part 1).
    • Other: audience, description/review, performance time, ticket info, other (detachable ticket of admission, mention of success of Sinclair’s previous entertainment)