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Various, 1 Jan. 1843 -31 Dec. 1843, Various

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Other-Raced Events

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Notes
Events pertaining to other non-European ethnicities that were recorded in The Brighton Herald, The Bristol Mercury, Era (London), The Nottingham Journal, The Sheffield Iris and Theatrical Journal in 1843. Some references also come from documents found in the Newton Collection, Guildhall Library, The British Library, the University of Bristol Theatre Collection, The Portsmouth Public Library, and the Liverpool Record Office and Local History Library:
  • c. January 1-January 28: Several performances of “Baron Munchausen; Or, Harlequin & the Wizard of the Green Isle” at the Theatre Royal, Liverpool. (features several sequences in China/Hong Kong.)
  • January 14: Ducrow’s National Establishment performs ‘Lalla Rookh, or the Fire Worshippers’ at the Royal Amphitheatre, Sheffield.
  • c. January 16-February 11: Circus entertainments at the Lyceum Theatre, London include acts called: ‘The Halt of the Arabs’, ‘The Chinese Tea Picker’ and ‘Aslar and Osines; or, The Lion Brothers of the Burning Forest of the Zaara’.
  • c. January 16-21: Performances of a “Pantomime, called The Children in the Wood Or, Harlequin Nobody!” that contains sections pertaining to India & China at the Theatre Royal, Adelphi (London).
  • c. January 16-21: A figure of the Emperor of China is displayed at Springthorpe’s Waxworks, Bristol
  • January 20: A production of ‘The Horrors of Cabul’ is mounted in Liverpool.
  • February 10: ‘The Merchant of Venice’ is performed at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle.
  • February 16: Entertainments at the Sheffield Theatre include ‘St. Flor the Gypsey’.
  • c. February 20-25: Performances of the melodramatic Burletta ‘Mungo Park! Or, The Arabs of the Niger” at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, London.
  • c. March 6-11: Further performances of ‘Mungo Park’ at the Lyceum Theatre, London.
  • March 8: ‘The Merchant of Venice’ is on the bill at the Theatre Royal, Marylebone (London).
  • March 13-17: Anderson, “Great Wizard of the North” does a trick called “the Gipsey’s Wonder Kitchen”, and makes use of an Arabian-themed set in performances at the Sheffield Music Hall.
  • c. March 27-April 1: Circus entertainments at the Lyceum Theatre, London again include an act entitled ‘The Chinese Tea Picker’.
  • April 10: Mr. Ransford sings ‘The Gipsy Band’ as part of a benefit concert at the Princess’s Theatre, London.
  • c. April 24-29: The circus at Astley’s includes the “splendid spectacle of the Afghan Wars.”
  • c. April 27-May 6: Equestrian scene entitled “The Bedouins of the Desert” part of the entertainments provided by the Circus Royal at Allen’s Yorkshire Stingo (London).
  • May 8: Both ‘Guy Mannering: or, the Gipsy’s Prophecy’ and “a Persian Drama, called Zembuca; Or, the Net Maker and his Wife” are on the bill at the Theatre Royal, Liverpool.
  • c. May 9-11: 2 further performances of ‘Zembuca; Or, the Net Maker and his Wife’ at the Theatre Royal, Liverpool.
  • c. May 24: Charles Kean plays Shylock at the Nottingham Theatre Royal.
  • c. July 24-29: Performances of ‘The Son of the Desert’ at the Edinburgh Theatre.
  • July 31: Powell’s Circus Royal, at Fair Fields, Stepney, features several race-related performances, including: a “Grand Spectacle, entitled Kylmar the Tyrant, or the Princess of Mingrellia and the Circassian Captive,” an equestrian scene called “The Black Forest! (featuring the comic character “Tang Wang the Wise”), and a “Grand Spectacle” called The Canton Jubilee”
  • August: Acts at the annual Camberwell Fair include a “Native Female from New Zealand.”
  • August 7: The “Acrobatic Wonders” perform as part of Powell’s Circus Royal, at Wood’s Meadow, Dover. Troupe said to “equal, if not outvie the Real Bedouin Arabs”
  • August 19: Performance of ‘The Merchant of Venice’ (with Diddear as Shylock) at the Theatre Royal, Brighton.
  • c. September 4-8: 5 performances by a troupe of “Morocco Arabians” at the Theatre Royal, Bristol.
  • c. September 25-30: The Morocco Arabs perform at Astley’s, London.
  • c. October 2-7: A troupe of Morocco Arabians appear in Birmingham (venue unknown).
  • October 3: Performance of a “Grand Chinese Tamborine Pas de Trois” (with Mr. Shalders as “ Rum Jum”, Mr. T. Fry as “Bung Foo” and Mr. Warde as “Ztdm Klpr”) at the Grecian Saloon, Portsmouth
  • December 11-12: Entertainments at the Theatre Royal, Sheffield include ‘Esmeralda’.

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Venue Type: Various
Location: Various
County: Various
Type: Other-Raced Events

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  • University of Bristol, Kathleen Barker Collection KB/3: Sheffield Theatre Royal Index. Dec. 11, 1843:
    Info in Record:
    • Listing of the pieces performed at the Theatre Royal, Sheffield on Monday, December 11, 1843. Includes Esmeralda.
  • Theatrical Journal (London) October 6, 1843: 317:1.
    Info in Record:
    • Mention of performances by a troupe of “Morocco Arabians” in Birmingham (venue unknown).
  • Nottingham Journal May 26, 1843: Referenced in University of Bristol, Barker Collection.
    Info in Record:
    • Review of Charles’ Kean’s performance as Shylock at the Nottingham Theatre (seemingly on May 24)
  • University of Bristol, Kathleen Barker Collection KB/2: Newcastle Theatre Royal Index, Feb. 10, 1843:
    Info in Record:
    • Listing of the entertainments on offer at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle on February 10, 1843. Includes The Hunchback.
  • University of Bristol, Kathleen Barker Collection KB/2: Newcastle Theatre Royal Index, Apr. 26, 1843:
    Info in Record:
    • Listing of the entertainments on offer at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle on April 26, 1843. Includes The Merchant of Venice.
  • Guildhall Library, Prints, Maps & Drawings Fairgrounds Folder, Playbill (1843):
    Info in Record:
    • Playbill advertising the attractions at the Camberwell Fair, 1843. Listed acts include a “Native Female from New Zealand”.
  • Sheffield Iris January 14, 1843: Referenced in University of Bristol, Barker Collection.
    Info in Record:
    • Advertisement for performances by Ducrow’s National Establishment at the Royal Amphitheatre, New Cattle Market, Sheffield. Listed acts on Saturday (January 14?) include Lalla Rookh, or the Fire Worshippers.
  • Sheffield Iris February 11, 1843: Referenced in University of Bristol, Barker Collection.
    Info in Record:
    • Advertisement for performances at the Sheffield Theatre on February 16, 1843. St. Flor the Gypsey is amongst the pieces to be performed.
  • Sheffield Iris March 4, 1843: Referenced in University of Bristol, Barker Collection.
    Info in Record:
    • Advertisement for performances by The Great Wizard of the North, at the Music Hall on March 13-17, 1843. Notes that “The Wizard’s” set/decorations will evoke “the awe-inspiring splendour of Arabian Romance.” Also mentions that one of the final tricks he will perform is called “the Gipsey’s Wonder Kitchen.”
  • Theatrical Journal (London) September 30, 1843: 307:2.
    Info in Record:
    • Notes about a performance at the “Astley’s” : “The Morocco Arabs, after peregrinating from theatres in the south to theatres in the north, have returned to the Surrey side, and are now performing their wondrous feat on this, the most legitimate stage for such accomplishments. We regret that their engagement does not seem to have led to be very considerable remuneration for the manager, particularly as they are an addition to entertainments of a most magnificent character.”
  • Era (London) January 15, 1843: 4:1.
    Info in Record:
    • Advertisement for a performance of “Aslar and Ozines; or, The Lion Brothers of the Burning Forest of the Zaara” at the Royal Lyceum Theatre on January 16.
  • Era (London) January 22, 1843: 6:2.
    Info in Record:
    • Review of a recent performance of “Aslar and Ozines” at the Royal Lyceum Theatre.
  • Era (London) January 22, 1843: 6:3.
    Info in Record:
    • Advertisement for a performance of "The Horrors of Cabul" in Liverpool on January 20, 1843.
  • Era (London) January 29, 1843: 4:1.
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  • Advertisement for upcoming circus performances at the Lyceum Theatre, London. Listed acts include: "The halt of the Arabs," "The Chinese Tea picker", “ASLAR AND OZINES; or, The Lion Brothers of the Burning Forest of the Zaara”.
  • Era (London) March 5, 1843: 4:2.
    Info in Record:
    • Advertisement for a performance of ‘The Merchant of Venice’ at the Theatre Royal, Marylebone on March 8, 1843.
  • Era (London) March 26, 1843: 4:1.
    Info in Record:
    • Advertisement for circus performances at the Lyceum Theatre during the following week. Listed acts include: the "Chinese Tea picker".
  • Era (London) March 26, 1843: 12:4.
    Info in Record:
    • Advertisement for a benefit performance to be held at the Princess’ Theatre, London on April 10, 1843. Listed acts include: Mr. Ransford singing “the song of ‘The Gipsy Band’”.
  • Bristol Mercury January 14, 1843: Referenced in University of Bristol, Barker Collection.
    Info in Record:
    • Notice that a figure of the Emperor of China has been added to the collection at Springthorpe’s Waxworks, Milk Street
  • Guildhall Library, Prints, Maps & Drawings Circus Folder, Playbill (August 7, 1843):
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type: Circus
    • Troupe Name: “Powell’s Circus Royal,” including “The Acrobatic Wonders”
    • Days & Times: “Will Open on Monday, Aug. 7th, 1843”
    • Venue Name: “Wood’s Meadow, Dovor [sic],” performances to “take place in the New and Splendid Arena”
    • Other Acts on Bill: Extensive listing; see attached document scan
    • Program Info: “The Acrobatic Wonders will go through the whole of their extraordinary feats of Strength, Classical Picturse, and Pyramidical Devices, which have been universally allowed to equal, if not outvie the Real Bedouin Arabs!”
    • Other: audience, performance time, ticket info
  • Guildhall Library, Prints, Maps & Drawings Circus Folder, Playbill (July 31, 1843):
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type: Circus
    • Troupe Name: “Powell’s Circus Royal”
    • Performers Listed: “Mr. Adams,” Performers in other race-related acts: “Messrs. Powell and Grant,” “Mr. Hengler,” “Mrs. Beacham,” “Mr. Henderson,” “Miss Hengler,” “Mr. Brown,” “Mr. Clark” (Plus “Mr. Dewhurst,” “Mme. Polaski,” “Master John Hengler,” “Master Polaski,” “Miss Powell”, others illegible – all potentially included in the full company Canton Jubilee)
    • Days & Times: “Monday, July 31, 1843” (“last night but three”)
    • Venue Name: “Fair Fields, Stepney”
    • Other Acts on Bill: Extensive listing; see attached document scan
    • Program Info: “Mr. Adams will for this night only, introduce his last new Comic scene entitled Jim Crow and His Granny, or, A Ride in a Hand Basket” (“First night”), Plus the following additional race-related acts: “New Grand Spectacle, entitled Kylmar the Tyrant, or the Princess of Mingrellia and the Circassian Captive” (see attached scan for particulars of cast): “an entirely new scene… The Black Forest! on 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Horses, in which Mr. Clark will, for the first time, sustain the comic character entitled Tang Wang the Wise,” “New Grand Spectacle, embodying the whole of the Company, entitled The Canton Jubilee”
    • Other: audience, benefit (Powell), description/review, imagery (though uncertain if it depicts a race-related act)
  • Liverpool Record Office & Local History Library, Central Library, Liverpool Playbill (Theatre Royal) - May 11, 1843:
    Info in Record:
    • Playbill advertising the entertainments at the Theatre-Royal, Liverpool on May 11, 1843. The bill is to conclude with “a Persian Drama, called Zembuca; Or, the Net Maker and his Wife.” (listed as the third performance of the piece at this venue)
  • Liverpool Record Office & Local History Library, Central Library, Liverpool Playbill (Theatre Royal) - May 8, 1843:
    Info in Record:
    • Playbill advertising the entertainments at the Theatre-Royal, Liverpool on May 8, 1843. The central acts are “the Musical Play of Guy Mannering; or, the Gipsy’s Prophecy” and “a Persian Drama, called Zembuca; Or, the Net Maker and his Wife.”
  • Liverpool Record Office & Local History Library, Central Library, Liverpool Playbill (Theatre Royal) - January 24, 1843:
    Info in Record:
    • Playbill for Theatre-Royal, Liverpool, which advertises (amongst other things) the final week of performances of “Baron Munchausen; Or, Harlequin & the Wizard of the Green Isle” (January 23-28, 1843).
  • Liverpool Record Office & Local History Library, Central Library, Liverpool Playbill (Theatre Royal) - January 20, 1843:
    Info in Record:
    • Playbill advertising the entertainments at the Theatre-Royal, Liverpool on January 20 & 21, 1843. Lists (amongst other things) a “Comic Pantomime, Called Baron Munchausen; Or, Harlequin & the Wizard of the Green Isle” that features several sequences in China/Hong Kong. (also mentions that this piece had been performed twenty-two times in the days and weeks preceding these performances).
  • University of Bristol, Theatre Collection Playbill (Adelphi) - January 16, 1843:
    Info in Record:
    • Playbill for the week of January 16, 1843 at Theatre Royal, Adelphi. Includes a “Pantomime, called The Children in the Wood Or, Harlequin Nobody!” that contains sections pertaining to India & China.
  • Portsmouth Central Library, Historical Collections Playbill (Grecian Saloon) - October 3, 1843:
    Info in Record:
    • Advertisement for the October 3, 1843 performance at the Grecian Saloon. A “Grand Chinese Tamborine Pas de Trois” with Mr. Shalders as “ Rum Jum”, Mr. T. Fry as “Bung Foo” and Mr. Warde as “Ztdm Klpr” is listed as part of the Concert that will start the evening’s entertainments.
  • Guildhall Library, Prints, Maps & Drawings Circus Folder, Playbill (April 27, 1843):
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type: Circus
    • Troupe Name: “Circus Royal”
    • Days & Times: “Thursday, April 27th, 1843, and during the Week”
    • Venue Name: “Mr. W. Allen’s Yorkshire Stingo, New Road, Marylebone”
    • Other Acts on Bill: Extensive listing; see attached document scan
    • Program Info: “the original Equestrian Scene of action and evolution, taken from the memoirs published by the late celebrated Traveller, Belzoni, and entitled the Bedouins of the Desert”
    • Other: audience, description/review, performance time, ticket info, other (mention that smoking is prohibited)
  • University of Bristol, Kathleen Barker Collection KB/4: Playbill, September 4, 1843:
    Info in Record:
    • Playbill advertising 5 performances by a “Wonderful Troop of Morocco Arabians” at the Theatre Royal, Bristol (beginning during the week of September 4).
  • Bristol Mercury September 9, 1843: Referenced in University of Bristol, Barker Collection.
    Info in Record:
    • Review of the previous week’s entertainments (3 shows) at the Theatre Royal, Bristol, which includes an extensive discussion/description of performances by the “troupe of Morocco Arabs,” and a call for more “legitimate drama” (instead of “the exhibitions of wild beasts, or of half civilized men.”)
  • Bristol Mercury September 9, 1843: Referenced in University of Bristol, Barker Collection.
    Info in Record:
    • Notice that the engagement of the Morocco Arabs has been “abruptly terminated.”
  • British Library, BL Mic. C. 13137 Playbills 362: February 20, 1843 (Lyceum) :
    Info in Record:
    • A playbill listing the entertainments at the Royal Lyceum Theatre during the week of February 20th, 1843. Includes “a New Melo-Dramatical Burletta, in Three Acts … called Mungo Park! Or, The Arabs of the Niger.”
  • Brighton Herald August 19, 1843: Referenced in University of Bristol, Barker Collection.
    Info in Record:
    • Listing of the entertainments on offer at the Theatre Royal, Brighton on August 19 1843. Includes The Merchant of Venice, with Diddear as Shylock.
  • Theatrical Journal (London) April 29, 1843: 132:2, 133:1.
    Info in Record:
    • Mentions the “splendid spectacle of the Affgan Wars” that is part of the circus at Astley’s, and its “crowded and delighted house.”
  • Theatrical Journal (London) July 29, 1843: 240:1.
    Info in Record:
    • Brief mention that “Freeman, the giant” is appearing in “the drama of the Son of the Desert” at the Edinburgh Theatre.