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''[[The Virginian Mummy]]'' is the name of a [[Christy's]] style "[[nigger farce]]" done by the [[Amateur Coloured Troupe]].
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''[[The Virginian Mummy]]'' is the name of a [[Christy's]] style [[minstrel]] performance done by the [[Amateur Coloured Troupe]].
  
 
Based on the performance tradition brought over from the USA by the [[Christy's Minstrels]].   
 
Based on the performance tradition brought over from the USA by the [[Christy's Minstrels]].   

Latest revision as of 06:10, 3 October 2018

The Virginian Mummy is the name of a Christy's style minstrel performance done by the Amateur Coloured Troupe.

Based on the performance tradition brought over from the USA by the Christy's Minstrels.

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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