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Troupe Affiliation - 2
Events Naming Person - 61
Songs & Acts - 12
Bibliographic Sources - 20
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Biographical Overview

Birth Date: ca. (1824)
Death Date: exactly (1854)

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Troupe(s): Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-9, 1849)



Role: Banjo player



Info: Thomas F. Briggs was one of the best-known and best-travelled of the early banjo virtuosos. He was an early visitor to England, in the early 1840s, and probably toured to Northern Europe as well. He joined the Ethiopian Serenaders for its second incarnation in 1848, and stayed with G. W. Pell and Boz's Juba through at least late 1849, performing acts such as 'Susannah, Don't You Cry', 'Hard Times', and an instrumental duet (banjo & bones) with Pell. Briggs died in California shortly after arriving there for a tour, in the mid-1850s. An instructional book for the banjo with his name on it exists.



 

Participation details

  • Banjo Player
  • Minstrel

Troupe Affiliation

Troupe Name Event # of events
Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49) Minstrel 51
Ethiopian Serenaders (1849-50) Minstrel 10

Events Naming Person

Event Date Location Troupe
Variety 1848-1848 Vauxhall Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety 1848-1848 Vauxhall Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety 1848-1848 Vauxhall Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety 1848-1848 Vauxhall Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety 1848-1848 Vauxhall Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety 1848-1848 Vauxhall Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1848-1848 Newburgh Rooms, Cannon Place, Brighton Sussex Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety 1848-1848 Vauxhall Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1848-1848 Newburgh Rooms, Cannon Place, Brighton Sussex Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1848-1848 Newburgh Rooms, Cannon Place, Brighton Sussex Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety 1848-1848 Vauxhall Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1848-1848 Newburgh Rooms, Cannon Place, Brighton Sussex Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety 1848-1848 Vauxhall Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety 1848-1848 Vauxhall Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety 1848-1848 Vauxhall Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety 1848-1848 Vauxhall Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety 1848-1848 Vauxhall Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety 1848-1848 Vauxhall Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety 1848-1848 Vauxhall Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety 1848-1848 Vauxhall Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Dramatic 1848-1848 Theatre Royal, Bristol, Bristol Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Variety 1848-1848 Vauxhall Gardens, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1848-1848 Theatre Royal, Bristol, Bristol Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1848-1848 Free Trade Hall, Manchester Lancashire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1848-1848 Free Trade Hall, Manchester Lancashire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1848-1848 Music Hall, Sheffield, Sheffield Yorkshire: West Riding Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1848-1848 Theatre Royal, Williamson Square, Liverpool Lancashire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1848-1848 Theatre Royal, Williamson Square, Liverpool Lancashire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1848-1848 Theatre Royal, Williamson Square, Liverpool Lancashire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1848-1848 Theatre Royal, Williamson Square, Liverpool Lancashire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1848-1848 Theatre Royal, Williamson Square, Liverpool Lancashire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1848-1848 Theatre Royal, Williamson Square, Liverpool Lancashire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1848-1848 Theatre Royal, Birmingham, Birmingham Warwickshire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1848-1848 Theatre Royal, Birmingham, Birmingham Warwickshire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1848-1848 Theatre Royal, Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton Staffordshire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1848-1848 Theatre Royal, Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton Staffordshire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1849-1849 Concert Hall, Liverpool Lancashire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1849-1849 Concert Hall, Liverpool Lancashire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1849-1849 Music Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne (city-county) in Northumberlan Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1849-1849 Liverpool Lancashire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1849-1849 Music Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne (city-county) in Northumberlan Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1849-1849 Theatre Royal, Birmingham, Birmingham Warwickshire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1849-1849 Theatre Royal, Birmingham, Birmingham Warwickshire Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1849-1849 Royal Surrey Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Dramatic 1849-1849 Royal Surrey Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Dramatic 1849-1849 Royal Surrey Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Dramatic 1849-1849 Royal Surrey Theatre, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1849-1849 Store Street Music Hall, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1849-1849 Sadler's Wells, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1849-1849 Sadler's Wells, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Minstrel Show 1849-1849 Sadler's Wells, London London (city-county) Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
Dramatic 1849-1849 Edinburgh Adelphi Theatre, Edinburgh Edinburgh Ethiopian Serenaders (1849-50)
Dramatic 1849-1849 Edinburgh Adelphi Theatre, Edinburgh Edinburgh Ethiopian Serenaders (1849-50)
Dramatic 1849-1849 Edinburgh Adelphi Theatre, Edinburgh Edinburgh Ethiopian Serenaders (1849-50)
Dramatic 1849-1849 Corn Exchange, Stirling, Stirling Stirling Ethiopian Serenaders (1849-50)
Dramatic 1849-1849 Corn Exchange, Stirling, Stirling Stirling Ethiopian Serenaders (1849-50)
Dramatic 1849-1849 Theatre Royal, Perth, Perth Perth Ethiopian Serenaders (1849-50)
Dramatic 1849-1849 Theatre Royal, Perth, Perth Perth Ethiopian Serenaders (1849-50)
Dramatic 1849-1849 Theatre Royal, Perth, Perth Perth Ethiopian Serenaders (1849-50)
Minstrel Show 1849-1849 Theatre Royal, Dundee, Dundee Forfar Ethiopian Serenaders (1849-50)
Minstrel Show 1849-1849 Theatre Royal, Dundee, Dundee Forfar Ethiopian Serenaders (1849-50)

Songs & Acts

Number of songs and acts found: 12
Title Type Number of Events Found
1 Old Dan Tucker Song 5 event(s)
2 Ohio Boatman Song 3 event(s)
3 Festival Dance (Original) Dance 7 event(s)
4 Plantation Dance, (Original) Dance 9 event(s)
5 Corn Husking Dance (Original) Dance 1 event(s)
6 Duet - Banjo and Bones Instrumental 18 event(s)
7 Festival, or Plantation Dances (Original) Dance 1 event(s)
8 Hard Times Song 2 event(s)
9 Marriage Festival Dance Dance 1 event(s)
10 Oh, Susannah, don't you cry Song 4 event(s)
11 Solo Song 1 event(s)
12 Duet - Tamborine and Banjo Instrumental 1 event(s)

Bibliographic Sources

  • Albion (Liverpool) February 5, 1849: 1: 1.
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  • Birmingham & General Advertiser March 22, 1849: 47:6.
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  • Birmingham & General Advertiser March 22, 1849: 47:6.
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  • Birmingham Journal and Commercial Advertiser December 16, 1848: 1: 1 (1st ad in column).
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  • Birmingham Journal and Commercial Advertiser December 16, 1848: 1: 1 (1st ad in column).
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  • Birmingham Journal and Commercial Advertiser December 16, 1848: 1: 1.
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  • Birmingham Journal and Commercial Advertiser December 16, 1848: 1: 1.
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  • Constitutional & Perthshire Agricultural & General Advertiser September 12, 1849: 1: 3.
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  • Constitutional & Perthshire Agricultural & General Advertiser September 19, 1849: 1: 2.
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  • Harvard Theatre Collection, Vauxhall Microfilm v.7, Unidentified Clipping (dated Sept. 48): 132 (2nd article on RS).
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    • ***Note: Briggs not listed specifically; article rather refers to the “new banjo player”)

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  • Liverpool Chronicle and General Advertiser November 11, 1848: 1: 1.
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  • Liverpool Mercury January 26, 1849: 1: 1.
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  • Liverpool Standard November 14, 1848: 5: 4.
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  • Midland Counties Herald, Birmingham and General Advertiser December 21, 1848: 203: 7.
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  • Scotsman, or Edinburgh Political and Literary Journal August 29, 1849: 3: 3.
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  • Sheffield & Rotherham Independent October 28, 1848: 4: 6.
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  • Sheffield & Rotherham Independent October 28, 1848: 4: 6.
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  • Stirling Journal and Advertiser August 31, 1849: 3: 4.
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  • Stirling Journal and Advertiser August 31, 1849: 3: 4.
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  • Stirling Journal and Morning Advertiser August 31, 1849: 1: 2.
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    • All info as in August 30 ad in Stirling Observer (p1)
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  • Stirling Journal and Morning Advertiser August 31, 1849: 1: 2.
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    • All info as in August 30 ad in Stirling Observer (p1)
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  • Stirling Observer August 30, 1849: 4: 5.
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  • Stirling Observer August 30, 1849: 4: 5.
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  • Stirling Observer August 30, 1849: 1: 2.
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  • Stirling Observer August 30, 1849: 1: 2.
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  • Stirling Observer September 6, 1849: 1: 2.
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  • Stirling Observer September 6, 1849: 1: 2.
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  • Stirling Observer September 6, 1849: 4: 4.
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  • Theatrical Journal (London) June 7, 1849: 179.
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