Troupe(s): Manager of several Ethiopian Serenaders/Dumbolton’s Serenaders Troupes, which included (at various points) F. Germon, G. Harrington, Stanwood, G. Pelham, and W. Whitlock, Winnemore, Quinn, S.A. Wells & Jerry Bryant.
Role: Troupe Manager
Info: James A. Dumbolton, the manager of the Ethiopian Serenaders, also known as Dumbolton's Serenaders, formed in Boston and performed shows in New York City before setting sail to England, in 1844. The Ethiopian Serenaders consisted of bone player Gill Pell, bass and banjo player, George Christy (formerly George Harrington), Moody Stanwood, and White. The troupe secured St. James' Hall, in London, and historical records state that "so great was demand to see them that they gave both morning and evening performances". The company gave private performances in the homes of the nobility but reached their pinnacle when, in 1846, they were invited to Arundel Castle, "by special command of Queen Victoria", to give a private performance. Following the show they were said have been presented "with a ring, bearing her crest" by her Majesty.
The troupe disbanded in 1848 and Dumbolton promptly assembled another company to return to England. This second troupe consisted of T.F. Briggs, J.H. Everton, J.H. Irwin, Juba (William Henry Lane), M.C. Ludlow, Gilbert W. Pell, and J.W. Valintine.
Please see the 'Bibliographic Sources' link at right for a complete listing of materials (both primary and secondary) from which the above information was compiled.
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Troupe Name | Event | # of events |
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Dumbolton's African (Dramatic) Troupe (1852) | Dramatic | 1 |
Dumbolton's Serenaders (1848-49) | Minstrel | 9 |
Dumbolton's Serenaders (1852) | Minstrel | 1 |
Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) | Minstrel | 117 |
Event | Date | Location | Troupe |
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Dramatic | 1852-1852 | Strand Theatre, London London (city-county) | Dumbolton's African (Dramatic) Troupe (1852) |
Variety | 1848-1848 | Cider Cellars, London London (city-county) | Dumbolton's Serenaders (1848-49) |
Variety | 1848-1848 | Cider Cellars, London London (city-county) | Dumbolton's Serenaders (1848-49) |
Minstrel Show | 1848-1848 | St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) | Dumbolton's Serenaders (1848-49) |
Minstrel Show | 1848-1848 | St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) | Dumbolton's Serenaders (1848-49) |
Minstrel Show | 1848-1848 | St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) | Dumbolton's Serenaders (1848-49) |
Concert | 1848-1848 | Princess' Theatre, London London (city-county) | Dumbolton's Serenaders (1848-49) |
Minstrel Show | 1848-1848 | Newburgh Rooms, Cannon Place, Brighton Sussex | Dumbolton's Serenaders (1848-49) |
Minstrel Show | 1848-1848 | St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) | Dumbolton's Serenaders (1848-49) |
Minstrel Show | 1849-1849 | St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) | Dumbolton's Serenaders (1848-49) |
Minstrel Show | 1852-1852 | Strand Theatre, London London (city-county) | Dumbolton's Serenaders (1852) |
Minstrel Show | 1846-1846 | Hanover Square Rooms, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1846-1846 | Hanover Square Rooms, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Variety | 1846-1846 | Pavilion Theatre, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1846-1846 | St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Concert | 1846-1846 | Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1846-1846 | St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1846-1846 | St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1846-1846 | Gloucester House, Piccadilly, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1846-1846 | St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Dramatic | 1846-1846 | St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1846-1846 | St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1846-1846 | St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1846-1846 | St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1846-1846 | St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1846-1846 | St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1846-1846 | St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1846-1846 | Crosby Hall, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1846-1846 | St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Variety | 1846-1846 | Drury Lane Theatre, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1846-1846 | Crosby Hall, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1846-1846 | St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1846-1846 | Crosby Hall, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1846-1846 | St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1846-1846 | Sadler's Wells, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1846-1846 | St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1846-1846 | Sussex Hall, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1846-1846 | St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1846-1846 | Hall, The, Reading Berkshire | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1846-1846 | Chiswick House, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1846-1846 | St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1846-1846 | Royal British Institution, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1846-1846 | Horns, The, Kennington, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1846-1846 | St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1846-1846 | Horns, The, Kennington, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1846-1846 | Green Man, Blackheath, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1846-1846 | St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1846-1846 | St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1846-1846 | St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1846-1846 | St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Dramatic | 1846-1846 | St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1846-1846 | Sussex Hall, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1846-1846 | St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1846-1846 | St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1846-1846 | Sussex Hall, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1846-1846 | St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Dramatic | 1846-1846 | London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1846-1846 | St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Variety | 1846-1846 | St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1846-1846 | Newburgh Rooms, Cannon Place, Brighton Sussex | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1846-1846 | Portsmouth Hampshire | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Dramatic | 1846-1846 | Theatre Royal, Bristol, Bristol Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1846-1846 | Birmingham Warwickshire | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Dramatic | 1846-1846 | Theatre Royal, Bristol, Bristol Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1846-1846 | Royal Liver Theatre, Liverpool Lancashire | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1846-1846 | Royal Liver Theatre, Liverpool Lancashire | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1846-1846 | Royal Liver Theatre, Liverpool Lancashire | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1846-1846 | Music Hall, Abbey-Street, Dublin Dublin | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1846-1846 | Free Trade Hall, Manchester Lancashire | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1846-1846 | Arundel Castle, Arundel Sussex | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1846-1846 | Newburgh Rooms, Cannon Place, Brighton Sussex | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1846-1846 | St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1846-1846 | St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1846-1847 | St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1847-1847 | Crosby Hall, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1847-1847 | St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1847-1847 | St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1847-1847 | Crosby Hall, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1847-1847 | St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1847-1847 | Greenwich Kent | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1847-1847 | Crosby Hall, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1847-1847 | St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1847-1847 | Horns, The, Kennington, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1847-1847 | St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1847-1847 | Albion Hall, Hammersmith, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1847-1847 | Albion Hall, Hammersmith, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1847-1847 | St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1847-1847 | Crosby Hall, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1847-1847 | St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1847-1847 | Crosby Hall, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1847-1847 | St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1847-1847 | St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1847-1847 | St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1847-1847 | St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Variety | 1847-1847 | Drury Lane Theatre, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1847-1847 | St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1847-1847 | St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Concert | 1847-1847 | St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1847-1847 | St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1847-1847 | St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1847-1847 | St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1847-1847 | Horns, The, Kennington, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1847-1847 | Crosby Hall, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1847-1847 | St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1847-1847 | King's Arms Assembly Rooms, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1847-1847 | St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1847-1847 | Town Hall, Oxford, Oxford Oxfordshire | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1847-1847 | London Bridge Hotel, Southwark, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1847-1847 | St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1847-1847 | Lecture Hall, Greenwich, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1847-1847 | Manor House, Hackney, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1847-1847 | Sussex Hall, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1847-1847 | St. James Theatre, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1847-1847 | Horns, The, Kennington, London London (city-county) | Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) |
Minstrel Show | 1847-1847 |