List of blackface minstrel troupes
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This is a list of blackface
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Blackface
Blackface is a form of theatrical makeup used in minstrel shows, and later vaudeville, in which performers create a stereotyped caricature of a black person. The practice gained popularity during the 19th century and contributed to the proliferation of stereotypes such as the "happy-go-lucky darky...
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Minstrel show
The minstrel show, or minstrelsy, was an American entertainment consisting of comic skits, variety acts, dancing, and music, performed by white people in blackface or, especially after the Civil War, black people in blackface....
troupes.
- Adams and LeeJohn H. LeeJohn H. Lee was an American banjoist, composer and author of the late 19th century.-Biography:Lee worked as a treasurer at Madison Square Theatre in New York City. He also performed in a minstrel show known as "Adams and Lee" for a couple of years. In 1879, He joined the "J. H. Haverly's Minstrels...
- Backus' Minstrels
- Brooker and Clayton's Georgia MinstrelsBrooker and Clayton's Georgia MinstrelsBrooker and Clayton's Georgia Minstrels was the first successful African American blackface minstrel troupe. The company was formed in 1865. Under the management of Charles Hicks, the company enjoyed success on tour through the Northeastern United States in 1865 and 1866...
- Bryant's MinstrelsBryant's MinstrelsBryant's Minstrels was a blackface minstrel troupe that performed in the mid-19th century, primarily in New York City. The troupe was led by the O'Neill brothers from upstate New York, who took the stage name Bryant....
- Buckley's SerenadersBuckley's SerenadersBuckley's Serenaders was an American blackface minstrel troupe, headed by James Buckley. They were an influential troupe in the United States; while they toured England from 1846 to 1848, their absence allowed Edwin Christy's troupe to gain popularity and influence the development of the minstrel...
(a.k.a. Buckley's Congo Melodists, Buckley's New Orleans Serenaders, New Orleans Serenaders) - Callender's Georgia Minstrels
- Campbell's Minstrels
- Christy Minstrels (a.k.a. George Christy Minstrels)
- Ethiopian SerenadersEthiopian SerenadersThe Ethiopian Serenaders was a blackface minstrel troupe from the 1840s. Their first major performance was for John Tyler at the White House in 1844 as part of the "Especial Amusement of the President of the United States, His Family and Friends"...
(a.k.a. Boston Minstrels, Ethiopian Melodists, Ethiopian Minstrels) - Gavitt's Original Ethiopian Serenaders
- George Mitchell MinstrelsThe Black and White Minstrel ShowThe Black and White Minstrel Show was a British light entertainment show that ran on BBC television from 1958-1978 and was a popular stage show. It was a weekly light entertainment and variety show presenting traditional American minstrel and Country songs, as well as show and music hall numbers,...
- Georgia Minstrels, later Haverly's European Minstrels
- Haverly's United Mastodon MinstrelsHaverly's United Mastodon MinstrelsHaverly's United Mastodon Minstrels was a blackface minstrel troupe created in 1877, when J. H. Haverly merged four of the companies he owned and managed.- Promotion :...
- Kunkel's Nightingales
- Madame Rentz's Female MinstrelsMadame Rentz's Female MinstrelsMadame Rentz's Female Minstrels was a blackface minstrel troupe composed completely of women. M. B. Leavitt founded the company in 1870. Unlike mainstream minstrelsy at the time, Leavitt's cast was entirely made up of women, whose primary role was to showcase their scantily clad bodies and tights,...
- Ole Bull Band of Serenaders
- Ordway's Aeolians
- Sable Brothers and Sisters
- Sable Harmonists
- The Blackface Minstrels Modern day minstrel troupe.
- Sanford's Opera TroupeSanford's Opera TroupeSanford's Opera Troupe was an American blackface minstrel troupe headed by Samuel S. Sanford . The troupe began in 1853 under the name Sanford's Minstrels. The name changed that same year to Sanford's Opera Troupe. The lineup changed in 1856 and again in 1857, when they...
(a.k.a. Sanford's Minstrels) - Virginia MinstrelsVirginia MinstrelsThe Virginia Minstrels or Virginia Serenaders was a group of 19th century American entertainers known for helping to invent the entertainment form known as the minstrel show...
(a.k.a. Virginia Serenaders) - White's Serenaders (a.k.a. White's Minstrels)
- Wood's Minstrels (a.k.a. Christy and Wood's Minstrels)