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Southern Delineators, The (1851), 11 Aug. 1851 -16 Aug. 1851, Lancashire

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Event Type

Minstrel Show

Event Details

Venue Type: Concert Hall
Location: Liverpool
County: Lancashire
Type: Minstrel Show
Venue: Concert Hall

Date

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Event Program

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Title Performed Person / Troupe Notes Type
Corn Husking Dance (Original) Washington PriceWashington Dance
Double Railroad Dance Washington PriceWashington Dance
Lecture on Mesmerism Washington PriceWashington Lecture

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  • Era (London) August 10, 1851 : 12:3.
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type: Minstrel Show
    • Troupe Name: “a company of Ethiopian Serenaders”
    • Performers Listed: “Mr. Price Washington” (“whom the American press have dubble The Rattler”)
    • Days & Times: “next week”
    • Venue Name: “Liverpool”; “Concert Hall”
  • Era (London) August 17, 1851: 11:4 .
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type: Minstrel Show
    • Troupe Name: “Southern Delineators”
    • Performers Listed: “Mr. Price Washington, the celebrated ‘Rattler’”
    • Days & Times: “on Tuesday evening” (past)
    • Venue Name: “Liverpool", "Concert Hall”
    • Program Info: “singing”, solo on the concertina, solo and “imitations of the hurdy-gurdy, cuckoo, &c.” on the violin, dancing by “The Rattler”
    • Other: description/review, reception
  • Theatrical Journal (London) August 20, 1851: 672:1.
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type: Variety
    • Performers Listed: "Rattler"
    • Venue Name: Concert Hall (Liverpool)
    • Program Info: “classical delineation of the poor negro”, “double railroad dance, [..] lecture on mesmerism […], corn-husking dance”
    • Other: description/review, reception