Batty's Royal Arena

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Venue Type & Location

Circus

Site Name: Batty's Royal Arena
Location: Portsmouth
County: Hampshire
Location Type: Town - in town at determined location

Overview

  • Address: King Street, Southsea. For a current map, Click Here.


  • Performance Space Description: As yet, little information about this venue has been found.


  • For a listing of blackface/minstrelsy-related events that took place in this performance space (with attached bibliographic references), follow the links at right


    Beth Marquis

    • Troupes at Batty's Royal Arena

    Troupe Troupe Type # of events
    Life in Mobile Troupe (Southsea, 47) Dramatic 1
    Powell, J. Circus 1

    Events at Batty's Royal Arena

    Event Date Venue Location Troupe
    Circus 29 July 1847 - 29 July 1847 Portsmouth, Hampshire Powell, J., Life in Mobile Troupe (Southsea, 47)

    Bibliographic Sources

    • Portsmouth Central Library, Historical Collections Playbill (Batty's) - July 29, 1847
      Document Image, Part 1
    • Portsmouth Central Library, Historical Collections Playbill (Batty's) - July 29, 1847
      Part 2
    • Portsmouth Central Library, Historical Collections Playbill (Batty's) - July 29, 1847
      Part 3