Buckley's Serenaders

From 1846 to 1848, James Buckley and his three sons, Bishop, Swayne, and Fred, toured in England.

[4] James Buckley - who was known as "Master Ole Bull" - and his sons returned to the U.S. at the end of 1848.

[3] By the 1853–4 season, the Buckleys began to burlesque popular operas and boasted of their ability to reproduce such works.

[6] Another popular act involved Bishop Buckley's trained horse, Mazeppa.

[7] The troupe roster stayed relatively consistent until 1855, with only non-members of the Buckley family coming or going.

They do the most preposterous things, in the way of Violin Solos, Deeply Sentimental Songs, and Lucrezia Borgia music, sung by a majestic female in black velvet and jewels with a blackened face!