Bert Williams by https://padlet.com/06snourrice/37ubt0o1548a This is about the connections between musical theatre and bert williams en-us 2017-05-12 08:20:28 UTC 2023-03-05 00:22:49 UTC hello@padlet.com Bert Williams 06snourrice https://padlet.com/06snourrice/37ubt0o1548a/wish/171430650 2017-05-12 08:22:38 UTC https://padlet.com/06snourrice/37ubt0o1548a/wish/171430650 Bert Williams 06snourrice https://padlet.com/06snourrice/37ubt0o1548a/wish/171430996 Bert Williams (November 12, 1874 – March 4, 1922) was a Bahamian American and was one of the
pre-eminent entertainers of the Vaudeville era and one of the most popular comedians for all audiences of his time.He was by far the best-selling black recording artist before 1920. In 1918, the New York Dramatic Mirror called Williams "one of the great comedians of the world.]]> 2017-05-12 08:25:20 UTC https://padlet.com/06snourrice/37ubt0o1548a/wish/171430996 06snourrice https://padlet.com/06snourrice/37ubt0o1548a/wish/171431193 Williams was a key figure in the development of African-American entertainment. In an age when racial inequality and stereotyping were commonplace, he became the first black American to take a lead role on the Broadway stage, and did much to push back racial barriers during his long career. Fellow vaudevillian W.C. Fields, who appeared in productions with Williams, described him as "the funniest man I ever saw – and the saddest man I ever knew."[3]]]> 2017-05-12 08:26:40 UTC https://padlet.com/06snourrice/37ubt0o1548a/wish/171431193 Legacy 06snourrice https://padlet.com/06snourrice/37ubt0o1548a/wish/171431335 n 1910, Booker T. Washington wrote of Williams: "He has done more for our race than I have. He has smiled his way into people's hearts; I have been obliged to fight my way." Gene Buck, who had discovered W. C. Fields in vaudeville and hired him for the Follies, wrote to a friend on the occasion of Fields' death: "Next to Bert Williams, Bill [Fields] was the greatest comic that ever lived."[]]> 2017-05-12 08:27:42 UTC https://padlet.com/06snourrice/37ubt0o1548a/wish/171431335 minstrel shows 06snourrice https://padlet.com/06snourrice/37ubt0o1548a/wish/172251278 minstrel show

a popular stage entertainment featuring songs, dances, and comic dialogue in highly conventionalized patterns, usually performed by white actors in blackface. It developed in the US in the early and mid 19th century.
]]> 2017-05-17 06:04:48 UTC https://padlet.com/06snourrice/37ubt0o1548a/wish/172251278 06snourrice https://padlet.com/06snourrice/37ubt0o1548a/wish/172251364 The minstrel show, or minstrelsy, was an American form of entertainment developed in the early 19th century. Each show consisted of comic skits, variety acts, dancing, and music. The shows were performed by white people in make-up or blackface for the purpose of playing the role of black people.]]> 2017-05-17 06:05:48 UTC https://padlet.com/06snourrice/37ubt0o1548a/wish/172251364