By Anthony Binns Fugitives North: Minstrelsy in New York In the northeastern states too, black musicians were present and active well...

By Anthony Binns Who were the original, authentic black minstrels? Introduction In a recent documentary1 on BBC television, the actor...

By Anthony Binns Between October and November 1909, The Follies recorded twenty-two songs and comic sketches with the Odeon Record Label...

By Anthony Binns The period roughly between 1840 and 1918 saw the flowering of popular theatre and music hall in Britain, and especially...

Personal reflections by their grandson, Jaudy Pélissier Most of you will never have heard of my grandfather, the satirist and composer...