MORTON, Johnny; MASTODON MINSTRELSBiblio.com
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31752Wellington : Printed at the ""New Zealand Times"" office Lambton Quay 1882. Duodecimo original printed wrappers lower wrapper with advertisement for the Company pp 23 1 contents; very small hole with loss to lower wrapper otherwise a very good copy. Bagnall 3641. Formed in the United States by the entrepreneur J.H. Haverly 1837-1901 this legendary blackface minstrel troupe was known as the ""Mastodon"" company because of its unusually large size: it comprised 40 entertainers drawn from four of Haverly's other companies and was renowned for the scale and lavishness of its productions which incorporated both song and dance. In 1881-82 the Mastodon Minstrels toured Australia and New Zealand. This pamphlet printed at the start of the company's New Zealand visit contains the lyrics to 34 of the Minstrels' songs. Unrecorded in North American libraries; we can locate only two copies of this pamphlet both of them in New Zealand libraries Alexander Turnbull Library National Library of New Zealand; the Hocken Library University of Otago. unknown