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Location: London
County: London (city-county)
Type: Variety
Venue: Adelaide Gallery
Date: 12 April 1847-17 April 1847
Date notes: nightly
Bibliographic Sources
Bell’s Life in London April 11, 1847: 2:1 .
Info in Record:
Performance Type:
Variety
Troupe Name: “the American Barlow”
Performers Listed: “the American Barlow, the Prince of Ethiopian comedies”
Days & Times: “Last week, but three, open nightly”
Venue Name: Laurent’s Casino, at the Royal Adelaide Gallery, Strand.
Other Acts on Bill: “new and fashionable dances”, “Mr R Glindon, the best comic singer of the day”, “Mr D. Brown, and Miss Clairton”, “Band of fifty performers, conducted by Mons Laurent un.”.
Program Info: “Re-engagement of the American Barlow, the Prince of Ethiopian comedies, whose songs and performances on the banjo are nightly applauded”
Other:
performance time,
ticket info
Era (London) April 11, 1847: 8:2.
Info in Record:
Performance Type:
Variety
Performers Listed: “the American Barlow, the Prince of Ethiopian Comedians”
Days & Times: “Last week but three”
Venue Name: “Laurent’s Original Casino, Royal Adelaide Gallery, Strand”.
Other Acts on Bill: “Mr. R. Glindon”, “Mr. D. Brown and Miss Clairton”, “Band of Fifty Performers, conducted by M. Laurent, jun.”, “New and Fashionable Dances”
Program Info: “Songs and Performances on the Banjo”
Other:
performance time,
ticket info,
other (mention of available refreshments and of Barlow’s recent/ongoing success at the venue)
Theatrical Journal (London) April 10, 1847: 120:2.
Info in Record:
Performance Type:
Variety
Performers Listed: “the American Barlow (his first appearance), the facetious delineator of Negro eccentricities and character.”
Days & Times: nightly
Venue Name: Laurent’s Casino, Royal Adelaide Gallery
Other Acts on Bill: Parisian polkas and quadrilles, band of sixty performers conducted by M. Emile Laurent, “Vocalists, Miss Clairon, Mr. D. Brown, Mr. R. Glindon (the popular comic singer)”,
Other:
description/review,
performance time,
ticket info
Theatrical Journal (London) April 17, 1847: 121:1-2.
Info in Record:
Performance Type:
Variety
Performers Listed: "The American Barlow"
Days & Times: “nightly”
Venue Name: Laurent’s Casino
Other Acts on Bill: Glindon
Program Info: “singing […] dialogue […] between each verse […] a short story
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