... in the provinces and on the Continent. Old Time Minstrel Dies Billy West, old time American minstrel man, who for many years toured with his partner, George Primrose, as the Primrose and West Minstrels, died, at the age of 83, on November 16, at Buffalo ...

... America when he failed his examination for Ihe Army. There he appeared with circuses and Western minstrel troupes. By the time he was 27 he drifted into tbe American theatre and played with Maurice Barrymore. He returned to London in 1899 and appeared in The ...

... present their show in minstrel form, gaily costumed and with a lively continuity of music and dialogue. It is a jolly but very lightweight affair and one which misses its main chances. I think, by relying so much on American material instead of the ...

... ILLUSION OF A CHARACTER CANFIELD SMITH AND SNODGRASS Canfield Smith is an American ventriloquist who is rapidly making himself at home in this country. He began his professional career over here in 1950 at the Empire, Leicester-square, where he did so ...

... ON THE MISSISSIPPI Showboats. by Philip Graham. (University of Texas Press. 25s.) This is a record of an entirely American institution, for the o'd show- boa is were first established in 1831 at Pittsburgh and ended at St. Louis, where the last of (he ...

... special lighting effects and luminous costumcs. Other effective sets are a tradi tional old-time minstrel show, and a big carnival number in the Latin- American vein, with decorated floats, a battle of flowers and an international parade. A birthday party ...

... worked with package shows around the American camps and played the Nuffield Centre three times during the last 12 months. He is now fully professional, and at the end of the summer season is hoping to do a tour of American bases in Ger many. The New Boy Clem ...

... and White Minstrel Show (tonight) has changed his style. I used to think I was just a gag man, with an ability to make funny noises and occasionally strum a guitar and sing, says Stan. But since I've been with the Black and White Minstrel Show I've ...

... Night Life American Floor Shows Cabaret on ice plays a prominent part in American night-life. There is nothing in England to compare with the extensive use of ice in cabaret, as exploited by American show promoters. In the beautiful Terrace Room of the ...

... A personable young man with an enormous following gained as a show band vocalist, he attracts the teenagers as a romantic minstrel in the contemporary fashion. But having got them firmly set in their seats all ready to sigh. he unexpectedly turns comcdian ...

... for R. G. Knowles. billed as the very peculiar American come dian If you were fortunate you might have seen the same man on the lecture platform talking of his many travels, or have seen him in a Minstrel Show, in melodrama or in Shakespeare, and had you ...

... theatre in the United States as well as touring with the late Tommy Dorsey, Stan Kenton, Duke Ellington and other great American bands. During his fortnight's engagement, Archie Robbins will play the Restaurant and Allegro. V4ICHAEL ROY was raised to ...