"Ethiopian Serenaders" (impostors), 8 Dec. 1851 -13 Dec. 1851, Huntingdonshire

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Event Type

Minstrel Show

Event Details

Venue Type: Hotel
Location: Stamford
County: Huntingdonshire
Type: Minstrel Show
Venue: Stamford Hotel
Date: 8 December 1851-13 December 1851
Date notes: dates uncertain

Bibliographic Sources

  • Era (London) December 14, 1851: 12:3.
    Info in Record:
    • Performance Type:
      Dramatic
    • Troupe Name: “The (Original) Ethiopians”; “A party calling themselves […] the celebrated and original Ethiopian Serenaders from the St. James’s”.
    • Performers Listed: “‘Pell, White, Stanwood, and Germon’”
    • Days & Times: “have recently given two entertainments”
    • Venue Name: “the banqueting-room of the Stamford Hotel”
    • Other:
      audience,
      other (notice that the ‘serenaders’ didn’t pay the bills they had accumulated in relation to the performance, and that they booked a subsequent performance in Thrapstone, but didn’t show.)
  • Era (London) December 21, 1851: 12:2.
    Info in Record:
    • A letter from G.W. Pell, denouncing the individuals who recently advertised themselves as the “Original Ethiopians” as imposters.