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Silas Green from New Orleans

African-American variety tent show

Silas Green from New Orleans was an African-American owned and run variety tent show that, in various forms, toured the Southern States from about 1904 through 1957. Part-revue, part-musicomedy, part-minstrel show, the show told the adventures of short, "coal-black" Silas Green and tall, "tannish" Lilas Bean.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1904Founded1

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Partial poster for Silas Green from New Orleans
Photo: Joe Mabel, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Silas Green from New Orleans was an African-American owned and run variety tent show that, in various forms, toured the Southern States from about 1904 through 1957. Part-revue, part-musicomedy, part-minstrel show, the show told the adventures of short, "coal-black" Silas Green and tall, "tannish" Lilas Bean.2

Timeline

  1. 1957Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1904Founded Founded1

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