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Location: Various
County: Various
Type: Other Performances by Americans
Date: 1 January 1850-31 December 1850
Date notes:
Notes:
Events featuring American performers that were recorded in The Bristol Mercury, The Bristol Times and The Newcastle Chronicle in 1850:
January 16:Henry Russell gives a free concert for the Newcastle Infirmary at the Newcastle Music Hall.
May 22:Henry Smith (and others) give 2 concert (matinee and evening) at the Victoria Rooms, Bristol.
c. June 10-15:Hernandez participates in the performances of Cooke’s Circus, at the Bristol Circus.
June 10, 14:Two entertainments by Henry Smith at the Music Hall, Park Street, Bristol.
July 1-6:Macarte and Bell’s “Grand American Circus and Equestrian Troop” perform in a temporary venue erected in the Bristol Horticultural Gardens.
Note: Events listed here are those in which American performers DID NOT perform acts relevant to the representation of African/African Diasporic identity or American Slave Culture. Several other performances by Americans (in which the individuals did participate in race-related acts can be found throughout the Events section of this database.
Bibliographic Sources
Bristol Mercury June 29, 1850: Referenced in University of Bristol, Barker Collection.
Info in Record:
Advertisement for performances of “Macarte and Bell’s Grand American Circus and Equestrian Troop” on July 1-6. (To be held in a temporary venue, erected in the “Horticultural Gardens, Top of Park-Street.”
Bristol Mercury July 6, 1850: Referenced in University of Bristol, Barker Collection.
Info in Record:
Description/review of the past week’s performances by Macarte & Bell’s Circus (held in a “temporary pavilion erected in the Horticultural-garden, top of Park-street.”
Bristol Mercury April 27, 1850: Referenced in University of Bristol, Barker Collection.
Info in Record:
Advertisement for two Concerts by Henry Smith (with others) at the Victoria Rooms on May 22 (matinee & evening)
Bristol Mercury June 8, 1850: Referenced in University of Bristol, Barker Collection.
Info in Record:
Advertisement for two entertainments by Henry Smith at the Music Hall, Park Street on June 10 & 14. Also mentions that Smith will give “instruction in Vocal Music.”
Bristol Mercury June 15, 1850: Referenced in University of Bristol, Barker Collection.
Info in Record:
Review of Hernandez’s equestrian performances with Cooke’s Circus on June 10 (at the Circus, North Street). Mentions that performances ran “for a few nights.”
Bristol Times June 8, 1850: Referenced in University of Bristol, Barker Collection.
Info in Record:
Advertisement for two entertainments by Henry Smith at the Music Hall, Park Street on June 10 & 14.
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