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Tom McIntosh (1840–1904) was an African-American comedian who starred in many colored minstrel shows in the USA from the 1870s to the 1900s. He was considered one of the funniest performers in this genre. ==Early career== Tom McIntosh was born in Lexington, Kentucky in 1840. He became an exhibition drummer, singer and comedian, singer. He teamed with the female impersonator Willis Ganze. McIntosh performed on some of the main entertainment circuits in America, notably with Charles Callender's Georgia Minstrels. He played with Charles Hicks and Billy Kersands in the ''Original Georgia Minstrels'' in the 1870s and 1880s. In 1881 McIntosh took his comic drumming act to England with Haverly's Genuine Colored Minstrels. The proprietor of this troupe was J. H. Haverly, who had combined Callender's Minstrels with his United Mastodon Minstrels. The resulting 100-person show was often called the Black One Hundred. It was formed in Chicago, toured most of the large cities in the USA, and in 1881-82 made a successful tour of Europe. The Callender company was then taken over by Charles Frohman, who built it into a huge company that toured in the USA from 1882 to 1884 under names such as Callender's Colossal Consolidated Colored Minstrels. The company again toured Europe with Haverly's Minstrels in 1884. McIntosh became part owner of McIntosh and Sawyer's ''Colored Callender Minstrels'', and one of the leading black showmen in America. His wife, Hattie McIntosh (c. 1860 – 1919) first performed with the ''Colored Callender Minstrels'' in 1884. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tom McIntosh (comedian)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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