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Displaying 1901 - 1950 of 2460
Event Dates Event Location Troupe
1901 Dramatic - Lancashire Rochdale Wentworth, Butler
1902 Cultural Performance - King's Head,
London (city-county) London 		Williams - Dick Cain's Black
1903 Dramatic - Theatre Royal, Sheffield,
Yorkshire: West Riding Sheffield 		Green Bushes Troupe (Sheffield, 51)
1904 Dramatic - Theatre Royal, Haymarket,
London (city-county) London 		Macready
1905 Dramatic - Colosseum,
Lancashire Manchester 		Mackney, E.W.
1906 Dramatic - Lancashire Clitheroe Othello Troupe (Clitheroe 51)
1907 Dramatic - Buckinghamshire Dereham (Quainton) Othello Troupe (Dereham, 51)
1908 Dramatic - Theatre Royal, Haymarket,
London (city-county) London 		Othello Troupe (London-Haymarket, 51)
1909 Cultural Performance - Saville House,
London (city-county) London 		Young Sambo
1910 Cultural Performance - Dan Dismore's,
London (city-county) London 		Young Sambo
1911 Cultural Performance - Lancashire Manchester Miland, Jemmy (boxer)
1912 Dramatic - Theatre Royal, Ipswich,
Suffolk Ipswich 		Aldridge, Ira
1913 Cultural Performance - Lincolnshire Lincoln No Troupe
1914 Cultural Performance - Haddington North Berwick No Troupe
1915 Exhibition - Assembly Rooms,
Nottinghamshire Nottingham 		No Troupe
1916 Cultural Performance - Worcestershire Ombersley No Troupe
1917 Dramatic - Olympic Theatre,
London (city-county) London 		Pell, G.W.
1918 Cultural Performance - Warwickshire Birmingham Watson (Boxer)
1919 Cultural Performance - Saville House,
London (city-county) London 		Young Sambo
1920 Dramatic - Drury Lane Theatre,
London (city-county) London 		Anderson, James
1921 Variety - Northumberland Hotel,
Northumberland North Shields 		Greaves - the Giant Nigger
1922 Variety - Concert Hall,
Worcestershire Hanley 		Juba (1850-1851)
1923 Cultural Performance - Somerset Bath No Troupe
1924 Cultural Performance - Cheshire Chester No Troupe
1925 Cultural Performance - Herefordshire Eyton No Troupe
1926 Cultural Performance - London (city-county) London No Troupe
1927 Dramatic - Theatre Royal, Sunderland,
Cumberland Sunderland 		Othello Troupe (Sunderland, 51)
1928 Cultural Performance - Warwickshire Birmingham Watson (Boxer)
1929 Dramatic - Theatre Royal, Newcastle,
Newcastle Newcastle upon Tyne 		Othello Troupe (Newcastle, 51)
1930 Dramatic - Theatre Royal, Sheffield,
Yorkshire: West Riding Sheffield 		Mackney, E.W.
1931 Dramatic - Suffolk Ipswich Aldridge, Ira
1932 Exhibition - Queen's Rooms,
Hampshire Portsmouth 		Brice, James (Australian/American Panorama)
1933 Cultural Performance - Lancashire Manchester No Troupe
1934 Dramatic - Drury Lane Theatre,
London (city-county) London 		Anderson, James
1935 Dramatic - Theatre Royal, Birmingham,
Warwickshire Birmingham 		Black Doctor Troupe (Birmingham, 51)
1936 Dramatic - Prince's Theatre Royal,
Lanark Glasgow 		Brooke, G.V.
1937 Dramatic - Newcastle Newcastle upon Tyne Grisdale, Walter
1938 Dramatic - Theatre Royal, Sunderland,
Cumberland Sunderland 		Jim Crow Troupe (Sunderland, 51)
Othello Troupe (Sunderland, 51)
1939 Variety - Shades Concert Room,
Newcastle Newcastle upon Tyne 		Murray, J.
1940 Dramatic - Sadler's Wells,
London (city-county) London 		Phelps
1941 Dramatic - Princess's Theatre, Leeds,
Yorkshire: West Riding Leeds 		Aldridge, Ira
1942 Dramatic - Prince's Theatre Royal,
Lanark Glasgow 		Brooke, G.V.
1943 Variety - Royal Casino/Surrey Music Hall,
Yorkshire: West Riding Sheffield 		Holmes, J.B.
1944 Dramatic - Royal Standard Theatre,
London (city-county) London 		Honner
1945 Dramatic - Pavilion,
Staffordshire Lynn 		Othello Troupe (Lynn, 51)
1946 Dramatic - Princess's Theatre, Leeds,
Yorkshire: West Riding Leeds 		Aldridge, Ira
1947 Dramatic - Lancashire Clitheroe Black Doctor Troupe (Clitheroe, 51)
1948 Variety - City Hall, Glasgow,
Lanark Glasgow 		Christy ("Negro Vocalist")
Gambia ("Negro Vocalist")