Unknown Music Saloon Minstrels (Newcastle, 50), 6 Apr. 1850 -6 Apr. 1850, Newcastle upon Tyne

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Minstrel Show
Note: a music saloon "in the lower part of town"
Venue Type: Unknown
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
County: Newcastle upon Tyne (city-county) in Northumberlan
Type: Minstrel Show
Date: 6 April 1850-6 April 1850
Date notes: date approximate

Bibliographic Sources

  • Newcastle Chronicle April 12, 1850: .
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type:
      Minstrel Show
    • Performers Listed: “a man dressed out like a nigger, with blackened face and white calico robes”
    • Days & Times: “Saturday night”
    • Venue Name: “a music saloon” (in “the lower part of town”)
    • Program Info: “a comic song” performed by “one of the company” (described as a “Jim-crow-like performance”), “a man dressed out like a nigger […] who acted as waiter and collector of the revenue”
    • Other:
      audience,
      context (part of a lengthy piece on the “condition of the poor” in Newcastle),
      description/review