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''[[Nervous Cures]]'' is a [[Ethiopian skit]] probably created by Joe Brown and Wash Norton of a [[Christy Minstrels]] tgroupe that visited South Africa and Australia in 1863. | ''[[Nervous Cures]]'' is a [[Ethiopian skit]] probably created by Joe Brown and Wash Norton of a [[Christy Minstrels]] tgroupe that visited South Africa and Australia in 1863. | ||
| − | According to an Australian website about Circus History Society, in its section covering the Barlow Minstrel | + | According to an Australian website about Circus History Society, in its section covering the Barlow Minstrel Troupe[https://barlowtheinimitablebluetailedfly.weebly.com/uploads/2/8/3/6/28364443/troupes_with_connections_to_barlow.pdf], they had been shipwrecked on the coast of South Africa and then continued on to Australia, where they went on to perform. |
There is a record Brown and Norton performing this particular skit at the School of Arts in Sydney Australia on 5 May, 1863 as part in their final season. | There is a record Brown and Norton performing this particular skit at the School of Arts in Sydney Australia on 5 May, 1863 as part in their final season. | ||
Revision as of 05:43, 29 September 2018
Nervous Cures is a Ethiopian skit probably created by Joe Brown and Wash Norton of a Christy Minstrels tgroupe that visited South Africa and Australia in 1863.
According to an Australian website about Circus History Society, in its section covering the Barlow Minstrel Troupe[1], they had been shipwrecked on the coast of South Africa and then continued on to Australia, where they went on to perform.
There is a record Brown and Norton performing this particular skit at the School of Arts in Sydney Australia on 5 May, 1863 as part in their final season.
Sydney Morning Herald, 5 May, 1863[2]
The Australian Circus History Society Website[3]
