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''[[Wha'rs Your Ticket]]'' is the name of a [[Christy's]] style [[Minstrel]] piece done by the [[Amateur Coloured Troupe]].
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''[[Wha'rs Your Ticket]]'' is the name of a [[Christy's]] style [[Minstrel]] piece done by the [[Amateur Coloured Troupe]] (active 1869-1871).
  
Based on the performance tradition brought over from the USA by the [[Christy's Minstrels]].   
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Based on the performance tradition brought over from the USA by the [[Christy's Minstrels]].  Billed as a "[[Nigger farce]]" in the Cape Town performance.
  
 
See further '''[[Amateur Coloured Troupe]]'''
 
See further '''[[Amateur Coloured Troupe]]'''

Latest revision as of 05:43, 17 July 2021

Wha'rs Your Ticket is the name of a Christy's style Minstrel piece done by the Amateur Coloured Troupe (active 1869-1871).

Based on the performance tradition brought over from the USA by the Christy's Minstrels. Billed as a "Nigger farce" in the Cape Town performance.

See further Amateur Coloured Troupe

Sources

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 278-9


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