Event Type
Circus
Event Details
Venue Type: Fair Grounds
Location: London
County: London (city-county)
Venue: Fair Fields, Stepney
Location: London
County: London (city-county)
Note:
Type: Circustype uncertain
Venue: Fair Fields, Stepney
Date
-
Date notes
Monday evening;
Part of a longer run
Part of a longer run
Event Program
Displaying 1 - 3 of 3
| Title | Performed Person / Troupe | Notes | Type | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Crow and His Granny | Adams | Adams | "First Night" | Comic Scene |
Bibliographic Sources
- 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)