The early nineteenth century can be labeled as the start of the American theatre with the invention of blackface minstrelsy. White entertainers would dress is what was called “blackface” to mock black culture, only for the entertainment of a white audience. At this time in the world the mimicking of other ethnic groups was not uncommon, because anything but white culture was seen as something exoctic. One popular contributor to blackface minstrelsy was Thomas Dartmouth “Daddy” Rice, who created the act “Jim Crow” and claimed it was influenced by a black man he met in Cincinnati. A minstrel show would consist of satirical speeches, jokes, dance and song. The act would be performed by four men, with the end men playing tambourine and bones, while
