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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 American Civil War, blacks in blackface.

The typical minstrel performance followed a three-act structure. The troupe first danced onto stage then exchanged wisecracks and sang songs. The second part featured a variety of entertainments, including the pun-filled stump speech. The final act consisted of a slapstick musical plantation skit or a send-up of a popular play.

Minstrel Shows

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Gus Hill's Minstrels		Minstrel Show Jokes
Donnelly & Hatfield Minstrels		McIntyre and Heath
New Orleans Minstrel		Russell Brothers Circus Big Side & Minstrel Show
A Short History of the Med. Show
Only & Original Tamborine McCarty		Martin's Big Show - *Under Waterproof Tent*
Colored Minstrels		Kersands Minstrels
De Rue Ideal Minstrels		Shades of McIntyre and Heath
Death Threatens Their Union		Charles H. May
Fancho and Marco		Duprez and Green's Minstrels
Minstrel AmericaUnique Gift Theater		Collingwood Opera House ca 1800s
Duprez and Benedict -Broadside		Hobart Frye & Howlett Minstrel Show
Johnny J. Jones Dixieland Minstrels		Minstrel Show Man
Knights of Pythias Big Minstrels		Minstrel Black Face Cast 1920s
Original Minstrel Show Posters		The Mohawk Minstrels
1947 Lakewood Minstrels		Haverly's Minstrels
Big Four Minstrels		Minstrel Show - Vincent Hall
The Golden Days of Minstrelsy		San Francisco Minstrels - Broadside
The Yankee Hill Minstrels		Hal Pierson America's Over-There Theater League
Yankee Hill Minstrels		Fox & Wards Minstrel Contract
Fox&Ward Minstrel Sharing Contact		Charlie Reed's Minstrels Cards
Yankee Hill Black Minstrels		New Orleans Minstrels
Johnsons Reliable Virginia Minstrels		Minstrel Shows - A Short History
Primrose & West's Minstrel Show		1859 Van Ambrug Circus
Bowers & Prenderdast's Minstrels		Circus, Minstrel & Traveling Show
Woodward's Mammoth Minstrel Fest












Links
The Survival of Blackface Minstrel Shows		Blackface Minstrelsy
Shows in the Adirondack Foothills		The Survival of Blackface Minstrel
What is Minstrelsy?		A Mini Minstrel Show
Blackface Minstrelsy 1830-1852		American Minstrel Show Collection







Streaming Video, Audio Clips, History and Just a Great Time
Ballycast No.25 - Minstrel Shows		Lovesick Blues (1928)
npr The Legacy of Blackface









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Minstrel Group	Children in Blackface	Minstrel Band	Old Time Minstrels

Minstrel Show Coney Island Sideshow---1926	Minstrel Show 1919	Harlem Dandys' Hot Step Revue	1908 Old Plantation Minstrels

Prof. G. W. Van's Great Combined show	Big Ladies Minstrel Show	Mugs on the Dodson's World Fair Show	Couple on the Dodson's World Fair Show

Vaudeville Minstrel Show	DeRue Brothers Ideal Minstrel Show	Dixieland Minstrels	Paul's Modern Minstrels

Wilton in Blackface	Minstrel Show	Lobby Card	Minstrel Show

Minstrel Man	Billy Richardson	Lewis & Leroy	Boys in Blackface

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