A list of pierrot troupes and concert parties performing in Llandudno 1902-1938
There were certainly many more troupes who played Llandudno than are listed here and there would always be more than one troupe performing in any one season!Pierrot Troupes in Wales
Pierrot Troupes in England
On this page you will find a few photos with Artists using ‘blackface’ . Please see our our statement about the use of racist terms and the use of blackface in this archive.
Happy Valley
Perry & Allen’s Minstrels, a company unusual at the time for performing white face.
Churchill’s Minstrels on the other hand, a company formed by a member of the Perry and Allen group after the death of Joseph Perry in 1904, performed in the more usual black face.
Perry & Allan’s Happy Valley Minstrels 1904-1906 (white face minstrels)
Churchill’s Minstrels 1907-1909
Happy Valley Minstrels 1902-1912
J Codman’s Entertainers (minstrels) 1920
Harry Korris’ Happy Valley Entertainers 1924
Charles Wade’s Concord Follies (Happy Valley) 1925-1950
Happy Valley Concert Party 1932?
Elsewhere in Llandudno
Scarlet Merrions 1908
Busy Bees – Leo Bliss 1910
Chas Beanland’s Frills & Fancies 1920
Bert Grapho’s Jovial Follies 1923
Roy Cowl’s Queeries 1930
Revellers Concert Party 1931/1932
George Royle’s Folde Rols in the Pier Pavilion 1936
The Great Orme Pierrots
Revill Hall’s Entertainers
Happy Valley Revels
Clarkson Rose’s Twinkle
Arthur Sutcliffe’s Entertainers
