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Richard Potter (c. 1783 – September 20, 1835) was an American magician, hypnotist and ventriloquist. He was the first American-born magician to gain fame in his own country and is widely considered the first African-American celebrity.
31 de ago. de 2023 · Arts & Culture. America’s First Ventriloquist. Richard Potter, the first American-born ventriloquist and stage magician, learned his trade after being kidnapped and abandoned as a child in Great Britain. An advertisement for a performance by Richard Potter. By: Ashawnta Jackson. August 31, 2023. 4 minutes.
Potter has been credited as America’s first successful stage magician, hypnotist, and ventriloquist. One of the earliest records of Potter advertising his shows was on November 2, 1811, in Boston at the Columbian Museum. The performance featured ventriloquism and magic.
13 de fev. de 2024 · Subscribed. 3. 92 views 1 month ago. Apart from a handful of tales surrounding his life, Richard Potter is almost unknown today. Two hundred years ago, however, he was the most popular...
Richard Potter, the son of a former slave, won fame and fortune with a bag of magic tricks and a voice that spoke from ladies’ purses and gentlemen’s pockets. Born during the last year of the American Revolution, he trained as a magician and ventriloquist.
14 de ago. de 2022 · Richard A. Potter (1783-1835), the foremost American entertainer of his lifetime, someone without celebrity peers, someone as well known in Norfolk (VA), New Orleans, St. Louis, and Québec as he was in his native Massachusetts. His tours took him across the length and breadth of the United States, and at the height of his career, he ...
Richard Potter was an anomaly. At a time when almost no. black performers appeared on stage before white audiences, he played to enthusiastic white crowds for twenty-five years. This essay tries to explain how he did that. 11. Richard Potter's early years must be pieced together from rumors and fragmentary evidence.
