George Christy
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| George Christy | |
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 Sheet music cover for a collection of songs by Christy's Minstrels, 1844. George Christy appears in the circle at top. |
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| Born | George Harrington |
| Occupation | Stage actor, singer |
George Christy (born George Harrington) was one of the leading blackface performers during the early years of the blackface minstrel show in the 1840s.[1] His career began as a star performer with his stepfather E. P. Christy's troupe Christy's Minstrels; in two and a half years with them he earned $19,680, a fortune for those times.[2][3] Jim Comer credits him with inventing "the line", the structured grouping that constituted the first act of the standardized 3-act minstrel show, with the Interlocutor in the middle and "Mr. Tambo" and "Mr. Bones" on the ends.[4]
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- Belcher, W.H., Interesting Career of Judge John W. Rea, originally from Passaic County Historical Publication, Vol. II, No. 1, September 1, 1931. Accessed 6 Sept 2005.
- Comer, Jim, Every Time I Turn Around: Rite, Reversal, and the end of blackface minstrelsy. Accessed 6 Sept 2005.
- Lott, Eric. Love and Theft: Blackface Minstrelsy and the American Working Class. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. ISBN 0-19-507832-2.
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