(THEATER) Theatre Royal playbill for Mr Rice and his Negro M

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(THEATER.) Theatre Royal playbill for "Mr. Rice and his Negro Melodies." Letterpress broadside, 17 x 9¾ inches; uncut on top and bottom edges, minimal foxing and wear. [London], 13 February 1843

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A British appearance by the American actor Thomas Dartmouth Rice and his character "Jim Crow," which was introduced in 1832. Jim Crow was the key development in the spread of blackface minstrelsy in America. This performance was of a "Comic Burletta in One Act, called Jim Crow in his New Place," in which "Mr. Rice . . . will introduce his Popular Negro Melodies."