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Type: Other-Raced Events
Date: 1 January 1851-31 December 1851
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Events pertaining to other non-European ethnicities that were recorded in Bell’s Life in London, The Brighton Gazette, The Bristol Mercury, The Bristol Mirror, The Era, Illustrated London News, The Nottingham Guardian, The Nottingham Journal, The Nottingham Review, Times (London) and The Theatrical Journal in 1851. Some references also come from documents found in the British Library, the Lambeth Public Archives, the Bristol Central Library, the Portsmouth Public Library, and the University of Bristol Theatre Collection:
  • c. January 6-11: Performances of ‘The Jewess’ and ‘Aladdin; or the Wonderful Lamp.’ Location unknown.
  • c. January 8: Leon Gillemand performs "the Saladin featas part of an exhibition of “old English sports” at Green’s Gymnasium, London.
  • c. January 13: David Ward Banks performs ‘Judas Maccabeus’ at the Free Trade Hall, Manchester.
  • c. January 13-18: ‘The Merchant of Venice’ is produced in Oldham.
  • c. January 13-18: Morning, Afternoon & Evening exhibitions of “A gigantic Moving Diorama of the route of the Overland Mail to India” at the Gallery of Illustration, London
  • c. January 13-18: At the Casino de Venise, London attractions include the playing of “The Caliph’s March”.
  • c. January 14: Performance of ‘The Merchant of Venice’ at the Theatre Royal, Ipswich.
  • c. January 18: Another performance of ‘The Merchant of Venice,’ this time at the Princess’ Theatre, London.
  • January 25:‘Gipsy Farmer’ is performed at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle.
  • c. January 27-February 1: The Coracle Races on the Dee feature a boat named the “Abd-el-Kader”.
  • c. January 27-February 1: ‘The Merchant of Venice’ is performed in Dereham.
  • c. January 27-February 1: Corporal Waite performs “the Saladin feats” as part of a sporting exhibition.
  • c. January 27-February 1: ‘The Cadi’s Daughter’ is amongst the attractions at Drury Lane, London.
  • February 3-8: Baker, “the Red Man of Agar” is part of the variety bill at the Concert Hall, Hanley.
  • c. February 3-8: In London, ‘the Saladin feats’ are included in sporting exhibitions at both Saville House Gymnasium and the Commercial Hall, Chelsea.
  • c. February 3-8: A horse named “Khorassan” participates in “The Spring Handicaps” (location unknown).
  • February 10: Another performance of ‘The Cadi’s Daughter’ at Drury Lane, London.
  • c. February 10-22: Horses named “The King of Oude” and “Damask” run in the Chester Spring Meeting.
  • c. February 10-22: At another horse race (the Warwick and Leamington Spring Meeting), animals named “Abd-el-Kader” and “Borneo” are amongst the competitors.
  • c. February 10-22: Horses running in the Cheshire Welter Cup include “The King of Oude” and “Turk”.
  • c. February 10-22: A horse named “Gipsy Queen” runs in the Wheatley Steeple Chase.
  • c. February 10-22: “Abd-el-Kader”, “Bajazet” and “Gulnar” (horses) all race in the Bridgnorth Steeple Chase Weights.
  • c. February 10-22: The Doncaster Spring Meeting features a race in which “Abd-el-Kader” (the racing horse) competes.
  • c. February 10-22: A racing dog named “Egypt” participates in the Ashdown Park Open Meeting, while the Spelthorne (Overton, Wilts) Meeting includes a dog called “Akbar”.
  • c. February 10-22: ‘The Caliph March’ is again on the bill at the Casino de Venise, London.
  • February 13-14: James Brice’s Panorama of Australia and America is exhibited at the Queen’s Rooms, Portsea. Contains several scenes pertain to the Aboriginal Peoples of Australia.
  • February 14: “Abd-el-Kader” (the racing horse) participates in a match in Manchester.
  • c. February 17-22: The Liverpool Steeple Chase also includes “Abd-el-Kader”.
  • c. February 17-22: A sporting exhibition at Saville House Gymnasium features ‘the Saladin’ sword trick.
  • February 20:‘Pizarro’ is amongst the pieces on the bill at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle.
  • c. February 24-March 1: Performance of ‘The Jewess’ at the Pavilion, Lynn.
  • c. February 24-March 1: ‘Ella Rosenberg’ is performed at the Theatre Royal, Glasgow.
  • c. March 3-8: Performance of extracts from ‘Judas Maccabeus’ as part of a fundraiser for the Pavilion purchase fund (in Brighton, specific venue unknown.)
  • April 10:‘Guy Mannering’ is performed at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle.
  • April 14-17, 19: Acts at the Standard Theatre, London include ‘The Great Indian Juggler’.
  • May 2-September 27: The “Algerine Family” appears frequently at Vauxhall Gardens, London.
  • May 6: Performance of ‘Judas Maccabeus at the Nottingham Mechanics’ Institution.
  • May 7: A “Grand, Operatic Spectacle” called “Azael, The Prodigal!” is performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London.
  • May 26, 29: Performances of “The Feast of Roses”, a “Decorative Entertainment” based on “Lalla Rookh”, at Cremorne Gardens, London. The May 29 entertainments also include “The Gipsy in Her Tent.”
  • June 9-14: ‘The Jew of Constantine; or, The Veiled Victim’ is performed at the Victoria Theatre, London.
  • c. June 30: “Chinese Festival and Feast of Lanterns” at Temple Bar, London
  • c. July 18-August 2: Nightly performances by The Bedouin Arabs at Batty’s Hippodrome, London.
  • c. August 4-30: Repeated sporting exhibitions at Saville House, Leicester Square feature the ‘Saladin feats’.
  • August 18-19: A panorama of Australia and America is exhibited at the Broadmead Rooms, Bristol.
  • c. August 18-23: “Theatrical representations of the manners and costumes of Syria” by “fifteen persons Syrian Lebanese” . Location unknown.
  • September 2-14: Multiple showings of Boulton’s Panorama “of the Entire Route of the Overland Mail to India” at the Assembly Rooms, Bristol.
  • c. September 8-13: Charles Pitt appears as Shylock in ‘The Merchant of Venice’ in Edinburgh.
  • September 15: Baker, “the Red Man of Agar” appears in the variety entertainment at the Shades Saloon, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
  • c. October 6-11: A panorama of “the Polar Regions” is exhibited at the Nottingham Goose Fair.
  • c. October 6-11: “Mr. Wyld’s Large Model of the Earth” is exhibited in Leicester Square, London.
  • c. October 6-11: The bill at the Standard Theatre, London includes both ‘Chi Cho Ali, The Charmed Pirate and the Magic Bracelet’ and ‘The Jew of Lubeck’.
  • c. October 13-25: Franconi’s Circus (at the Royal Pavilion, Brighton) includes performances by “Ostriches of the Desert” and their “Arabian owner”.
  • October 31: Professor Macmillan takes on the character of an “Indian nabob” as part of a ventriloquist act at the Nottingham Mechanics’ Institution.
  • c. November 3: “The Grand national Military Spectacle of the Goojerat” is added to Franconi’s Circus at the Royal Pavilion, Brighton.
  • November 11:‘The Merchant of Venice’ is performed at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle.
  • November 12: During a Bloomer oration at the Nottingham Mechanics’ Institute, Mrs. Washington compares women’s fashion (at various periods) to the adornments of Egyptian mummies and “tattooed New Zealanders”. She also notes the similarity between the Bloomer costume and clothing worn by “the Greeks, the Turks, the Circassians, the Japannese, [sic] and all the ladies of the Eastern states.”
  • December 1: Performance/Exhibition entitled ‘Paradise of Mahomet,’ (featuring the “Mahomedan Family”) at the Linwood Gallery, London
  • December 4,5: Albert Smith gives an entertainment describing his journey “from Suez to the harbour of Folkestone” at the Corn Exchange, Nottingham.
  • December 11, 13, 17: Performances by “The Lebanon Company (natives of Syria)” at the Theatre Royal, Liverpool.
  • December 12: Entertainments at the Theatre Royal, Sheffield include ‘The Merchant of Venice’.
  • December 26-31: Several showings of M. Gompertz’s Arctic Panorama (which contains a view entitled “First Interview with the Esquimaux of Prince Regent’s Bay”) at the Queen’s Rooms, Portsea (Portsmouth).

Bibliographic Sources

  • Bell's Life in London February 2, 1851: 3:1.
    Info in Record:
    • Description/review of a “slight musical piece” set in Baghdad (entitled ‘The Cadi’s Daughter’), which was recently performed at Drury Lane, London.
  • Bell's Life in London February 9, 1851: 5:4.
    Info in Record:
    • Listing of dogs participating in the Ashdown Park Open Meeting. Includes “Mr. Etwall’s bk Egypt”.
  • Bell's Life in London February 2, 1851: 3:1.
    Info in Record:
    • A piece called ‘The Turf: Latest State of the Odds’, which mentions a horse called “Abd-el-Kader” in connection to the Liverpool Steeple Chase.
  • Bell's Life in London February 9, 1851: 5:5.
    Info in Record:
    • Listing of dogs participating in the Spelthorne (Overton, Wilts) Meeting. Includes “Mr.East’s bd d Akbar”.
  • Bell's Life in London February 2, 1851: 4:3.
    Info in Record:
    • A piece called ‘The Spring Handicaps,’ which mentions a horse called “Khorassan” (Dam: Zenobia).
  • Bell's Life in London February 16, 1851: 1:4.
    Info in Record:
    • Joseph Etches’ Lists for the Liverpool Steeple Chase. Gives odds of 9 to 1 against Abd-el-Kader.
  • Bell's Life in London February 2, 1851: 6:2.
    Info in Record:
    • An article about the Coracle Races on the Dee, in which a boat named “Abd-el-Kader” competed.
  • Bell's Life in London February 16, 1851: 2:1.
    Info in Record:
    • An advertisement for an upcoming exhibition of “Old English Sports” at Saville House Gymnasium. A sword trick called “The Saladin” is amongst the listed attractions.
  • Bell's Life in London February 9, 1851: 2:1.
    Info in Record:
    • Advertisement for an upcoming exhibition of “Old English Sports” at the Saville House Gymnasium. As part of the exhibition, Corporal Waite is to perform “the Saladin”. The ad also claims that the Queen and ladies of the Court will patronize the exhibition.
  • Bell's Life in London February 9, 1851: 2:1.
    Info in Record:
    • Advertisement for a performance of ‘The Cadi’s Daughter’ at Drury Lane on February 10.
  • Bell's Life in London February 9, 1851: 2:1.
    Info in Record:
    • Advertisement for the upcoming entertainments at the Casino de Venise. Listed entertainments include “Macfarren’s Caliph March”.
  • Bell's Life in London February 9, 1851: 4:1.
    Info in Record:
    • A piece entitled “The Turf: Liverpool Steeple Chase”, which gives the odds for a horse called “Abd-el-Kader” in the named match.
  • Bell's Life in London February 9, 1851: 4:1.
    Info in Record:
    • A piece giving the odds for a horse called “Abd-el-Kader” in a horserace to be held at Manchester on the following Friday evening.
  • Bell's Life in London February 9, 1851: 4:3.
    Info in Record:
    • Listing of horses taking part in the upcoming Chester Spring Meeting. Includes “Mr. E. J. Irwin’s b c The King of Oude” and “Mr. J. Thompson’s bk c Damask”.
  • Bell's Life in London January 12, 1851: 2:1.
    Info in Record:
    • Advertisement for upcoming performances at the Casino de Venise, London. Listed acts include "Marliani. The Caliph's March" (from Macfarren's "Sleeper Awakened").
  • Bell's Life in London February 9, 1851: 4:3.
    Info in Record:
    • Listing of horses taking part in the upcoming Cheshire Welter Cup. Includes “Mr. E. J. Irwin’s b c The King of Oude” and “Turk, aged”.
  • Bell's Life in London January 12, 1851: 7:3.
    Info in Record:
    • Description of a recent exhibition of “old English sports” at Green’s Gymnasium and Shooting Gallery, London. Attractions included “Leon Gillemand perform[ing] "the Saladin feat".
  • Bell's Life in London February 9, 1851: 4:4.
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type:
      Cultural Performance
    • Performers Listed: The Black Doctor (Horse)
    • Venue Name: Chester
    • Program Info: Chester Cup (a horse race)
  • Bell's Life in London January 19, 1851: 7:2.
    Info in Record:
    • Description of a recent sporting exhibition at Green’s Gymnasium, London. Attractions included Corporal Waite performing "the Saladin feats".
  • Bell's Life in London February 9, 1851: 5:2.
    Info in Record:
    • Listing of Horses participating in the Warwick and Leamington Spring Meeting. Includes “Borneo, 5 yrs”, and “Abd-el-Kader, aged”.
  • Bell's Life in London January 26, 1851: 2:1.
    Info in Record:
    • Advertisement for a sporting exhibition at which Corporal Waite will perform "the Saladin feats".
  • Bell's Life in London February 9, 1851: 5:2.
    Info in Record:
    • Listing of Horses participating in the Wheatley Steeple Chase. Includes “Mr. Collingwood’s Gipsy Queen”.
  • Bell's Life in London February 2, 1851: 2:1.
    Info in Record:
    • Advertisement for an upcoming sporting exhibition at Saville House Gymnasium, Leicester Square, London. Listed attractions include "the Saladin feats".
  • Bell's Life in London February 9, 1851: 5:4.
    Info in Record:
    • Listing of Horses participating in the Doncaster Spring Meeting. Includes “Abd-el-Kader, aged”.
  • Bell's Life in London February 2, 1851: 2:1.
    Info in Record:
    • Advertisement for an upcoming sporting exhibition at the Commercial Hall, Chelsea (London). Listed attractions include "the Saladin feats".
  • Bell's Life in London February 9, 1851: 5:4.
    Info in Record:
    • Listing of Horses participating in the Bridgnorth Steeple Chase Weights. Includes “Abd-el-Kader”, “Bajazet” and “Gulnar”.
  • Brighton Gazette March 13, 1851: Referenced in University of Bristol, Barker Collection.
    Info in Record:
    • Brief mention of extracts from Judas Maccabeus (amongst other pieces) being played at an event to raise money for the Pavilion purchase fund. (location unknown)
  • Brighton Gazette October 16, 1851: Referenced in University of Bristol, Barker Collection.
    Info in Record:
    • Listing for Franconi’s Circus that mentions the “Appearance of the Ostriches of the Desert” (presumably the following week.)
  • Brighton Gazette October 23, 1851: Referenced in University of Bristol, Barker Collection.
    Info in Record:
    • Review of the ostrich act at Franconi’s circus during the preceding week. The reviewer finds “nothing particular” in the performances, but mentions that the birds are “perfectly under the control of their Arabian owner”
  • Brighton Gazette October 30, 1851: Referenced in University of Bristol, Barker Collection.
    Info in Record:
    • Advertisement for “the Grand National Military Spectacle of Goojerat”, which is to be performed by Franconi’s troupe (at the Royal Pavilion) the following Monday (likely November 3)
  • Bristol Central Library Playbill (Drury Lane) - May 7, 1851
    Info in Record:
    • Ad for the May 7th, 1851 performances at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Acts include the “Grand, Operatic Spectacle … entitled Azael, The Prodigal!”
    Part 2
  • Bristol Central Library Playbill (Drury Lane) - May 7, 1851
    Info in Record:
    • Ad for the May 7th, 1851 performances at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Acts include the “Grand, Operatic Spectacle … entitled Azael, The Prodigal!”
    Part 3
  • Bristol Central Library Playbill (Drury Lane) - May 7, 1851
    Info in Record:
    • Ad for the May 7th, 1851 performances at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Acts include the “Grand, Operatic Spectacle … entitled Azael, The Prodigal!”
    Part 4
  • Bristol Central Library Playbill (Drury Lane) - May 7, 1851
    Info in Record:
    • Ad for the May 7th, 1851 performances at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Acts include the “Grand, Operatic Spectacle … entitled Azael, The Prodigal!”
    Part 5
  • Bristol Central Library Playbill (Drury Lane) - May 7, 1851
    Info in Record:
    • Ad for the May 7th, 1851 performances at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Acts include the “Grand, Operatic Spectacle … entitled Azael, The Prodigal!”
    Part 6
  • Bristol Central Library Playbill (Drury Lane) - May 7, 1851
    Info in Record:
    • Ad for the May 7th, 1851 performances at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Acts include the “Grand, Operatic Spectacle … entitled Azael, The Prodigal!”
    Part 7
  • Bristol Central Library Playbill (Drury Lane) - May 7, 1851
    Info in Record:
    • Ad for the May 7th, 1851 performances at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Acts include the “Grand, Operatic Spectacle … entitled Azael, The Prodigal!”
    Part 8
  • Bristol Central Library Playbill (Drury Lane) - May 7, 1851
    Info in Record:
    • Ad for the May 7th, 1851 performances at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Acts include the “Grand, Operatic Spectacle … entitled Azael, The Prodigal!”
    Part 9
  • Bristol Central Library Playbill (Drury Lane) - May 7, 1851
    Info in Record:
    • Ad for the May 7th, 1851 performances at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Acts include the “Grand, Operatic Spectacle … entitled Azael, The Prodigal!”
    Document Image, Part 1
  • Bristol Mercury August 16, 1851: Referenced in University of Bristol, Barker Collection.
    Info in Record:
    • Advertisement for exhibitions of Mr. James’ Panorama of Australia and America at the Broadmead rooms on August 18 & 19.
  • Bristol Mercury August 30, 1851: Referenced in University of Bristol, Barker Collection.
    Info in Record:
    • Advertisement for exhibitions of Boulton’s “Grand Colossal Moving Panorama of the Entire Route of the Overland Mail to India, from Southampton to Calcutta” at the Assembly Rooms in the coming week.
  • Bristol Mirror September 6, 1851: Referenced in University of Bristol, Barker Collection.
    Info in Record:
    • Advertisement for exhibitions of Boulton’s “Grand Colossal Moving Panorama of the Entire Route of the Overland Mail to India, from Southampton to Calcutta” at the Assembly Rooms in the coming week.
  • Era (London) January 12, 1851: 1:1.
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type:
      Dramatic
    • Days & Times: “On Saturday”
    • Venue Name: “Royal Princess’s Theatre”
    • Other Acts on Bill: “the Pantomime”
    • Program Info: “THE MERCHANT OF VENICE”
  • Era (London) January 12, 1851: 11:4.
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type:
      Dramatic
    • Days & Times: “the last week”
    • Other Acts on Bill: “Black-Eyed Susan, The Mysteries of Paris … and Luke the Labourer; or, The Lost Son”
    • Program Info: “The Jewess,” “the Pantomime of Aladdin; or, The Wonderful Lamp”
    • Other:
      context
  • Era (London) February 2, 1851: 11:3.
    Info in Record:
    • Notice which mentions a recent production of “The Merchant of Venice” in Dereham.
  • Era (London) January 12, 1851: 12:1.
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type:
      Dramatic
    • Venue Name: “Oldham”
    • Other Acts on Bill: “Virginius, Venice Preserved, Pizarro, Romeo and Juliet, &c.”; “some roaring farces”
    • Program Info: “The Merchant of Venice”
  • Era (London) February 9, 1851: 1: 1.
    Info in Record:
    • Advertisement for a performance of “The Cadi’s Daughter” at Drury Lane on Monday, February 10th, 1851.
  • Era (London) January 12, 1851: 12:2.
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type:
      Variety
    • Performers Listed: “Mr. David Ward Banks”
    • Days & Times: “to-morrow (Monday)”
    • Venue Name: “Free Trade Hall” (Manchester)
    • Program Info: “Judas Maccabeus”
    • Other:
      audience,
      description/review,
      ticket info
  • Era (London) April 13, 1851: 1:2.
    Info in Record:
    • Advertisement for variety performances at the Standard Theatre, London during the upcoming week. “The Great Indian Juggler” is amongst the acts listed.
    Document Image
  • Era (London) March 2, 1851: 11:3.
    Info in Record:
    • Mention of a recent performance of Ella Rosenberg at the Theatre Royal, Glasgow.
  • Era (London) January 19, 1851: 12:2.
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type:
      Dramatic
    • Days & Times: “Tuesday” (last week)
    • Venue Name: “Theatre Royal” (Ipswich)
    • Program Info: “The Merchant of Venice”
    • Other:
      description/review,
      reception,
      other (under the patronage of the mayor)
  • Era (London) December 7, 1851: 11:1.
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type:
      Exhibition
    • Troupe Name: “Mahomedan family”
    • Days & Times: “On Monday made their appearance”
    • Venue Name: “Linwood Gallery, Leicester-square”
    • Program Info: "the Paradise of Mahomet"; see attached document scan for further particulars.
    • Other:
      description/review
    Document Image
  • Era (London) March 2, 1851: 11:3.
    Info in Record:
    • Mention of a performance of “The Jewess” at the Pavilion, Lynn during the preceding week.
  • Era (London) September 14, 1851: 11:2.
    Info in Record:
    • review of Charles Pitt’s performance as Shylock in Edinburgh
    Document Scan
  • Era (London) January 12, 1851: 1:3.
    Info in Record:
    • Advertisement for “A gigantic Moving Diorama of the route of the Overland Mail to India” at the Gallery of Illustration (14, Regent Street, Waterloo-Place.) Shows: “Mornings at Twelve; Afternoons at three; and Evenings at Eight”
  • Era (London) September 14, 1851: 11.
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type:
      Variety
    • Performers Listed: “Mr. W. Baker (the Red Man of Agar)”
    • Days & Times: “Monday, September 15”
    • Venue Name: “Newcastle-on-Tyne – Shades Saloon”
    • Other Acts on Bill: several listed; see attached document scan
    • Other:
      audience,
      benefit
    Document Scan
  • Era (London) August 10, 1851: 1:4.
    Info in Record:
    • Advertisement for sporting exhibitions at Saville House, Leicester Square on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday, August 11, 13, & 16, 1851. Attractions include “the extraordinary Saladin […] feats”.
  • Era (London) August 17, 1851: 1:3.
    Info in Record:
    • Advertisement for sporting exhibitions at Saville House, Leicester Square on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday, August 18, 20, & 23, 1851. Attractions include “the extraordinary Saladin […] feats”.
  • Era (London) August 24, 1851: 1:2.
    Info in Record:
    • Advertisement for sporting exhibitions at Saville House, Leicester Square on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday, August 25, 27, & 30, 1851. Attractions include “the extraordinary Saladin […] feats”.
  • Era (London) October 12, 1851: 12:1.
    Info in Record:
    • Description of recent entertainments at the Theatre Royal, Southampton. Mentions “some Chinese performers, who were announced to give a grand concert”.
  • Era (London) June 8, 1851: 1:1.
    Info in Record:
    • Advertisment for performances of ‘The Jew of Constantine; or, The Veiled Victim” at the Victoria Theatre, London during the upcoming week.
    Document Image
  • Era (London) October 5, 1851: 1:1.
    Info in Record:
    • Advertisment for performances of “Chi Cho Ali, The Charmed Pirate and the Magic Bracelet” and “The Jew of Lubeck” at the Standard Theatre, London, during the week of October 6th, 1851.
    Document Image
  • Era (London) February 9, 1851: 12: 1.
    Performance Type Indicated:
    • Variety
    Troupe Name as Given:
    • “Mr. Baker, the Red Man of Agar”
    Troupe Size Given:
    • 1 (implied)
    Performers Listed:
    • “Mr. Baker”
    Days & Times Given:
    • Baker: “now engaged”
    Other Acts on Bill Listed:
    • “The facetious Vining keeps the audience in roars of laughter”
    • “Mr. and Mrs. Stanley, with the rest of the company, produce artistic groups of the brigands in tableaux vivans [sic], &c.”
    Other Info in Record:
    • description/review:

      (“a talented company”)
    Document Scan
  • Evanion Collection, British Library Evan.504
    Info in Record:
    • Playbill for the entertainments at Cremorne Gardens during the week of May 26th, 1851. “The Feast of Roses”, a “Decorative Entertainment” based on “Lalla Rookh”, is to be produced on May 26 & 29. The May 29 entertainments also include “The Gipsy in Her Tent.”
  • Illustrated London News July 12, 1851
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type:
      Variety?
    • Troupe Name: “Algerine Family”
    • Performers Listed: “Yousoff Ben Ibrahim, his wife named Aicha, and two females fourteen and sixteen years of age; one of whom, Mouni, is the sister of Aicha; the other, Baia, the sister of Yousoff, and a boy five years of age named Moustapha”
    • Days & Times: “has just been added”
    • Venue Name: “Vauxhall Gardens”
    • Other:
      audience,
      description/review,
      reception,
      imagery
  • Lambeth Public Archives, Vauxhall Gardens Collection 1822-54, Playbill (May 12, 1851)
    Info in Record:
    • Vauxhall Playbill for the week of May 12. In addition to Arthur Nelson, and Franklin as “the Ojibbeway Chief,” the bill also includes “The Algerine Family” greeting visitors in the “grand divan”.
    Part 2
  • Lambeth Public Archives, Vauxhall Gardens Collection 1822-54 Book, Playbill (September 8, 1851)
    Info in Record:
    • Vauxhall Playbill for the week of September 8. “The Algerine Family” is included on the bill (along with Arthur Nelson).
    Document Image, Part 1
  • Lambeth Public Archives, Vauxhall Gardens Collection 1822-54 Book, Playbill (June 23, 1851)
    Info in Record:
    • Vauxhall Playbill for the week of June 23. In addition to Nelson, the bill includes “The Algerine Family” who “will receive visitors in the newly constructed Grand Divan, as the Abd el Kader & his Family”
  • Lambeth Public Archives, Vauxhall Gardens Collection 1822-54 Book, Playbill (June 2, 1851)
    Info in Record:
    • Vauxhall Playbill for the week of June 2. In addition to Nelson, the bill includes “The Algerine Family” who “will receive visitors in the newly constructed Grand Divan, as the Dey of Algiers & his Family”
    Document Image, Part 1
  • Lambeth Public Archives, Vauxhall Gardens Collection 1822-54 Book, Playbill (September 8, 1851)
    Info in Record:
    • Vauxhall Playbill for the week of September 8. “The Algerine Family” is included on the bill (along with Arthur Nelson).
    Part 2
  • Lambeth Public Archives, Vauxhall Gardens Collection 1822-54 Book, Playbill (June 2, 1851)
    Info in Record:
    • Vauxhall Playbill for the week of June 2. In addition to Nelson, the bill includes “The Algerine Family” who “will receive visitors in the newly constructed Grand Divan, as the Dey of Algiers & his Family”
    Part 2
  • Lambeth Public Archives, Vauxhall Gardens Collection 1822-54 Book, Playbill (August 25, 1851)
    Info in Record:
    • Vauxhall Playbill for the week of August 25. “The Algerine Family” is included on the bill (along with Arthur Nelson).
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  • Lambeth Public Archives, Vauxhall Gardens Collection 1822-54 Book, Playbill (June 9, 1851)
    Info in Record:
    • Vauxhall Playbill for the week of June 9. In addition to Nelson, the bill includes “The Algerine Family” who “will receive visitors in the newly constructed Grand Divan, as the Dey of Algiers & his Family”
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  • Lambeth Public Archives, Vauxhall Gardens Collection 1822054, Playbill (May 1, 1851(b))
    Info in Record:
    • Playbill listing the entertainments to be offered at Vauxhall Gardens, London beginning on May 2, 1851. Listed acts include an appearance by “The Algerine Family”.
  • Lambeth Public Archives, Vauxhall Gardens Collection 1822-54 Book, Playbill (June 9, 1851)
    Info in Record:
    • Vauxhall Playbill for the week of June 9. In addition to Nelson, the bill includes “The Algerine Family” who “will receive visitors in the newly constructed Grand Divan, as the Dey of Algiers & his Family”
    Part 2
  • Lambeth Public Archives, Vauxhall Gardens Collection 1822-54 Book, Playbill (May 19, 1851)
    Info in Record:
    • Vauxhall Playbill for the week of May 19. In addition to Nelson, the bill includes “The Algerine Family” who “will receive visitors in the newly constructed Grand Divan as the Dey of Algiers & his Family”
  • Lambeth Public Archives, Vauxhall Gardens Collection 1822-54 Book, Playbill (July 7, 1851)
    Info in Record:
    • Vauxhall Playbill for the week of July 7. In addition to Nelson, the bill also includes “The Algerine Family.”
  • Lambeth Public Archives, Vauxhall Gardens Collection 1822-54 Book, Playbill (May 26, 1851)
    Info in Record:
    • Vauxhall Playbill for the week of May 26. In addition to Nelson, the bill includes “The Algerine Family” who “will receive visitors in the newly constructed Grand Divan as the Dey of Algiers & his Family”
  • Lambeth Public Archives, Vauxhall Gardens Collection 1822-54 Book, Playbill (September 15, 1851)
    Info in Record:
    • Vauxhall Playbill for the week of September 15. “The Algerine Family” is included on the bill (along with Arthur Nelson).
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  • Lambeth Public Archives, Vauxhall Gardens Collection 1822-54 Book, Playbill (September 22, 1851)
    Info in Record:
    • Vauxhall Playbill for the week of September 22 (last week of the season). “The Algerine Family” is included on the bill (along with Arthur Nelson).
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  • Lambeth Public Archives, Vauxhall Gardens Collection 1822-54 Book, Playbill (September 22, 1851)
    Info in Record:
    • Vauxhall Playbill for the week of September 22 (last week of the season). “The Algerine Family” is included on the bill (along with Arthur Nelson).
    Part 2
  • Lambeth Public Archives, Vauxhall Gardens Collection 1822-54 Book, Playbill (August 18, 1851)
    Info in Record:
    • Vauxhall Playbill for August 18. “The Algerine Family” is included on the bill (along with Arthur Nelson).
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  • Lambeth Public Archives, Vauxhall Gardens Collection 1822-54 Book, Playbill (August 18, 1851)
    Info in Record:
    • Vauxhall Playbill for August 18. “The Algerine Family” is included on the bill (along with Arthur Nelson).
    Part 2
  • Lambeth Public Archives, Vauxhall Gardens Collection 1822-54 Book, Playbill (May 5, 1851)
    Info in Record:
    • Vauxhall Playbill for the week of May 12. In addition to Arthur Nelson, the bill includes “The Algerine Family”.
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  • Lambeth Public Archives, Vauxhall Gardens Collection 1822-54 Book, Playbill (July 28, 1851)
    Info in Record:
    • Vauxhall Playbill for July 29 and 30. “The Algerine Family” is included on the bill (along with Arthur Nelson).
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  • Lambeth Public Archives, Vauxhall Gardens Collection 1822-54 Book, Playbill (May 5, 1851)
    Info in Record:
    • Vauxhall Playbill for the week of May 12. In addition to Arthur Nelson, the bill includes “The Algerine Family”.
    Part 2
  • Lambeth Public Archives, Vauxhall Gardens Collection 1822-54 Book, Playbill (August 13, 1851)
    Info in Record:
    • Vauxhall Playbill for the week of August 11. “The Algerine Family” is included on the bill (along with Arthur Nelson).
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  • Lambeth Public Archives, Vauxhall Gardens Collection 1822-54 Book, Playbill (May 1, 1851)
    Info in Record:
    • Vauxhall Playbill for the week of May 12. In addition to Nelson, the bill includes “The Algerine Family”.
  • Lambeth Public Archives, Vauxhall Gardens Collection 1822-54 Book, Playbill (July 31, 1851)
    Info in Record:
    • Vauxhall Playbill for July 31 & August 1. “The Algerine Family” is included on the bill (along with Arthur Nelson).
  • Lambeth Public Archives, Vauxhall Gardens Collection 1822-54 Book, Playbill (July 15, 1851)
    Info in Record:
    • Vauxhall Playbill for the week of July 14. In addition to Nelson, the bill also includes “The Algerine Family.”
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  • Lambeth Public Archives, Vauxhall Gardens Collection 1822-54 Book, Playbill (June 30, 1851)
    Info in Record:
    • Vauxhall Playbill for the week of June 30. In addition to Nelson, the bill also includes “The Algerine Family.”
  • Lambeth Public Archives, Vauxhall Gardens Collection 1822-54, Playbill (May 12, 1851)
    Info in Record:
    • Vauxhall Playbill for the week of May 12. In addition to Arthur Nelson, and Franklin as “the Ojibbeway Chief,” the bill also includes “The Algerine Family” greeting visitors in the “grand divan”.
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  • Lambeth Public Archives, Vauxhall Gardens Collection 1822-54 Book, Playbill (August 19, 1851)
    Info in Record:
    • Vauxhall Playbill for August 19. “The Algerine Family” is included on the bill (along with Arthur Nelson).
  • Lambeth Public Archives, Vauxhall Gardens Collection 1822-54 Book, Playbill (June 16, 1851)
    Info in Record:
    • Vauxhall Playbill for the week of June 16. In addition to Nelson, the bill also includes “The Algerine Family.”
  • Nottingham Guardian October 9, 1851
    Info in Record:
    • Mention of a panorama of the Polar Regions amongst the attractions at the recent/ongoing “nine days’” Nottingham Goose Fair.
  • Nottingham Journal May 2, 1851: Referenced in University of Bristol, Barker Collection.
    Info in Record:
    • Advertisement for an upcoming (May 6) performance of Judas Maccabeus at the Mechanics’ Institution Hall, Nottingham.
  • Nottingham Journal May 9, 1851: Referenced in University of Bristol, Barker Collection.
    Info in Record:
    • Review of the recent production of Judas Maccabeus at the Mechanics’ Institution Hall, Nottingham.
  • Nottingham Journal November 7, 1851
    Info in Record:
    • Review of Professor Macmillan’s ventriloquist show at the Nottingham Mechanics’ Institution on October 31, 1851. Mentions that, at one point, Macmillan took on the character of an “Indian nabob”.
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  • Nottingham Journal November 14, 1851: Referenced in University of Bristol, Barker Collection.
    Info in Record:
    • Description of a “Bloomer Oration” by Mrs. Washington Montgomery at the Mechanics’ Institute, Nottingham on November 12, 1851. The reviewer notes Montgomery’s claims that, in the age of Edward I, women “with their dresses about their ears, looked like Egyptian mummies”, and that, at a later period, the fashionable ladies “patched their faces like tatooed [sic] New Zealanders”.
  • Nottingham Review November 14, 1851: .
    Info in Record:
    • Another review of Mrs. Washington Montgomery’s lecture on Bloomerism at the Mechanics’ Institute, Nottingham on November 12, 1851. The author notes that the Bloomer costume worn by the lecturer “bears a striking resemblance” to the dress of “the inhabitants of the East.” (Also mentions Montgomery’s claim that her dress “was similar to that worn by the Greeks, the Turks, the Circassians, the Japannese, [sic] and all the ladies of the Eastern states.
  • Nottingham Review December 12, 1851
    Info in Record:
    • Description of an entertainment by Mr. Albert Smith at the Corn Exchange, Nottingham on December 4 & 5, 1851. The program was comprised of a description of Smith’s journey “by the overland route via Marseilles, from Suez to the harbour of Folkestone”, interspersed with “music in variety, from the discordant sounds of a tin fiddle and eastern drum to the pianforte [sic]”.
  • Portsmouth Central Library, Historical Collections Playbill (Queen's Rooms) - February 13-14, 1851
    Info in Record:
    • Bill advertising exhibitions of James Brice’s “Panorama of Australia and America” (with accompanying “Dioramic Lectures” by Brice) at the Queen’s Rooms, Portsea, on February 13 & 14, 1851. Lists several scenes that pertain to the Aboriginal Peoples of Australia.
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  • Portsmouth Central Library, Historical Collections Playbill (Queen's Rooms) - February 13-14, 1851
    Info in Record:
    • Bill advertising exhibitions of James Brice’s “Panorama of Australia and America” (with accompanying “Dioramic Lectures” by Brice) at the Queen’s Rooms, Portsea, on February 13 & 14, 1851. Lists several scenes that pertain to the Aboriginal Peoples of Australia.
    Part 2
  • Portsmouth Central Library, Historical Collections Playbill (Queen's Rooms) - February 13-14, 1851
    Info in Record:
    • Bill advertising exhibitions of James Brice’s “Panorama of Australia and America” (with accompanying “Dioramic Lectures” by Brice) at the Queen’s Rooms, Portsea, on February 13 & 14, 1851. Lists several scenes that pertain to the Aboriginal Peoples of Australia.
    Part 3
  • Portsmouth Central Library, Historical Collections Playbill (Queen's Rooms) - February 13-14, 1851
    Info in Record:
    • Bill advertising exhibitions of James Brice’s “Panorama of Australia and America” (with accompanying “Dioramic Lectures” by Brice) at the Queen’s Rooms, Portsea, on February 13 & 14, 1851. Lists several scenes that pertain to the Aboriginal Peoples of Australia.
    Part 4
  • Portsmouth Central Library, Historical Collections Playbill (Queen's Rooms) - February 13-14, 1851
    Info in Record:
    • Bill advertising exhibitions of James Brice’s “Panorama of Australia and America” (with accompanying “Dioramic Lectures” by Brice) at the Queen’s Rooms, Portsea, on February 13 & 14, 1851. Lists several scenes that pertain to the Aboriginal Peoples of Australia.
    Part 5
  • Portsmouth Central Library, Historical Collections Playbill (Queen's Rooms) - December 26, etc., 1851
    Info in Record:
    • Bill advertising exhibitions of “M. Gompertz’s Great Panorama of a Voyage through The Arctic Regions” (with an accompanying “Descriptive Lecture” by Mr. G.T. White) at the Queen’s Rooms, Portsea, on December 26-27 & 29-31, 1851, and January 1-3, 1852. One listed view is entitled “First Interview with the Esquimaux of Prince Regent’s Bay.”
  • Theatrical Journal (London) July 10, 1851: 225:1.
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type:
      Exhibition
    • Troupe Name: “the Chinese Festival and Feasts of Lanterns”
    • Performers Listed: “the Mandarin, He sing”
    • Days & Times: “on Monday” (past)
    • Venue Name: “Temple Bar […] down Essex Street”
    • Program Info: “The Illuminated Pagoda, juggling and sorcery, a capital band of musicians […] dances ”.
    • Other:
      audience,
      description/review,
      reception
  • Theatrical Journal (London) August 6, 1851: 252:1-2.
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type:
      Circus
    • Troupe Name: "Edouin Arabs" [sic]
    • Days & Times: “every day”
    • Venue Name: Batty's Hippodrome
    • Other Acts on Bill: The “ostrich race”, “the comic scene “Robert Macaire and Bertrand pursued by Gendarmes””, “an old monkey dressed as “the Nurse of Normandy””, “The Globe Arienne”, Mons. Frantz Debach
    • Program Info: The feats of the "Edouin Arabs"” [sic]
    • Other:
      audience,
      description/review,
      reception
  • Theatrical Journal (London) August 6, 1851: 257:1.
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type:
      Cultural Performance
    • Troupe Name: “A company of fifteen persons Syrian Lebanese, from Syria”
    • Days & Times: unspecified, in the near future
    • Venue Name: “in London”
    • Program Info: “theatrical representations of the manners and costumes of Syria”
    • Other:
      description/review
  • Theatrical Journal (London) August 27, 1851: 285:1.
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type:
      Exhibition
    • Troupe Name: “The first company of musicians, singers, and performers from Syria and the Holy Land”
    • Performers Listed: “a hunchbacked Arabian story-teller”
    • Program Info: story-telling from the Arabian Nights, very peculiar musical instruments, singing, imitation.
    • Other:
      description/review,
      imagery
  • Theatrical Journal (London) December 17, 1851: 418:2.
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type:
      Dramatic
    • Troupe Name: “The Lebanon Company (natives of Syria)
    • Days & Times: “on Thursday last”, “on Saturday evening”
    • Venue Name: Liverpool, Theatre Royal
    • Other Acts on Bill: “Macbeth”, “Gamester”, “Two Gregories” (farce), Mr. Charles Pitt, Messrs. Ferry, Worboys, Hale, Mulford, and Mrs. Harker, and Miss Fanny Baker” (selection of these each evening)
    • Program Info: “the usages and forms of their country (Syria)”
    • Other:
      audience,
      description/review,
      reception,
      other (performance context – attributes the small audience on Saturday evening to “the very numerous and active competition”.)
  • Theatrical Journal (London) December 17, 1851: 418:2.
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type:
      Dramatic
    • Troupe Name: “The Lebanon Company (natives of Syria)
    • Days & Times: “this evening (Wednesday)”
    • Venue Name: Liverpool, Theatre Royal
    • Other Acts on Bill: “Macbeth”, “Gamester”, “Two Gregories” (farce), Mr. Charles Pitt, Messrs. Ferry, Worboys, Hale, Mulford, and Mrs. Harker, and Miss Fanny Baker” (selection of these)
    • Program Info: “the usages and forms of their country (Syria)”
    • Other:
      benefit (Wednesday),
      description/review
  • Times (London) October 11, 1851
    Info in Record:
    • Advertisement for “Mr. Wyld’s Large Model of the Earth”, in Leicester Square. Open daily from 9am-10pm.
  • University of Bristol, Kathleen Barker Collection KB/2: Newcastle Theatre Royal Index, Jan. 25, 1851
    Info in Record:
    • Listing of the entertainments on offer at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle on January 25, 1851. Includes Gipsy Farmer.
  • University of Bristol, Kathleen Barker Collection KB/2: Newcastle Theatre Royal Index, Feb. 20, 1851
    Info in Record:
    • Listing of the entertainments on offer at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle on February 20, 1851. Includes Pizarro.
  • University of Bristol, Kathleen Barker Collection KB/3: Sheffield Theatre Royal Index. Dec. 12, 1851
    Info in Record:
    • Listing of the pieces performed at the Theatre Royal, Sheffield on Friday, December 12, 1851. Includes The Merchant of Venice.
  • University of Bristol, Kathleen Barker Collection KB/2: Newcastle Theatre Royal Index, Apr. 10, 1851
    Info in Record:
    • Listing of the entertainments on offer at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle on April 10, 1851. Includes Guy Mannering.
  • University of Bristol, Kathleen Barker Collection KB/2: Newcastle Theatre Royal Index, Nov. 11, 1851
    Info in Record:
    • Listing of the entertainments on offer at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle on November 11, 1851. Includes The Merchant of Venice.