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

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Event Type

Minstrel Show

Event Details

Venue Type: Unknown
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
County: Newcastle
Note:
a music saloon "in the lower part of town"
Type: Minstrel Show

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  • 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