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The stalls and boxes at the Royal Victoria Coffee Palace and Music Hall, Waterloo Road. The two singers were captioned as 'Burnt-cork Minstrelsy' referring to the blacking-up of white performers with burnt corks to portray black entertainers. These premises were leased in 1881 to Emma Cons, who initiated the Coffee Tavern movement, opening as a respectable establishment for entertainment with coffee and soft drinks. It is now the Old Vic Theatre. Engraving by G. Durand

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Details
Collection:
Image type:	Engraving
Artist:
Ref:	11178
Identifier:	LBL/DAS/RL/1/1/p.4
Date:	c.1881