Doughty's Concert Room

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Venue Type & Location

Tavern

Site Name: Doughty's Concert Room
Location: Bristol
County: Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire
Location Type: Town - in town at determined location

Overview

  • Address: Cider House Passage, Broad Street, Bristol.
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  • Audience Composition: Advertisements for mid-19th Century entertainments at these rooms suggest (variously) that no women, boys, or “disorderly characters” were admitted.



  • Performance Space Description: Little information about this venue has been found. It seems likely that it was a Concert Room attached to/affiliated with a tavern.



  • Typical Fare: Between 1842 and 1852, variety concerts were frequently staged at this venue. These tended to feature a range of singers (comic singers, balladists, sentimental vocalists, etc.), along with the occasional dancer, ventriloquist and/or tableaux vivants troupe.




    Please see the 'Bibliographic Sources' link at right for a complete listing of materials (both primary and secondary) from which the above information was compiled.


    Beth Marquis

    • Troupes at Doughty's Concert Room

    Troupe Troupe Type # of events
    Booth, J.W. Minstrel 2
    Hadfield, Sentimental & Comic Negro Vocalist Minstrel 2
    Lawrence, Sentimental & Comic Negro Vocalist Minstrel 2
    Mackney, E.W. Minstrel 11
    Sweeney, J.W. Minstrel 2

    Events at Doughty's Concert Room

    Event Date Venue Location Troupe
    Variety 18 August 1845 - 23 August 1845 Bristol, Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Mackney, E.W.
    Variety 22 September 1845 - 27 September 1845 Bristol, Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Mackney, E.W.
    Variety 29 September 1845 - 4 October 1845 Bristol, Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Mackney, E.W.
    Variety 20 October 1845 - 25 October 1845 Bristol, Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Mackney, E.W.
    Variety 17 November 1845 - 22 November 1845 Bristol, Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Mackney, E.W.
    Variety 24 November 1845 - 29 November 1845 Bristol, Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Mackney, E.W.
    Variety 15 December 1845 - 20 December 1845 Bristol, Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Mackney, E.W.
    Variety 22 December 1845 - 27 December 1845 Bristol, Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Mackney, E.W.
    Variety 23 August 1847 - 28 August 1847 Bristol, Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Booth, J.W.
    Variety 30 August 1847 - 4 September 1847 Bristol, Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Booth, J.W.
    Variety 24 July 1848 - 29 July 1848 Bristol, Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Mackney, E.W.
    Variety 12 September 1848 - 12 September 1848 Bristol, Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Mackney, E.W.
    Variety 18 September 1848 - 23 September 1848 Bristol, Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Mackney, E.W.
    Variety 15 October 1849 - 20 October 1849 Bristol, Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Sweeney, J.W.
    Variety 12 November 1849 - 17 November 1849 Bristol, Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Sweeney, J.W.
    Variety 21 January 1850 - 26 January 1850 Bristol, Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Lawrence, Sentimental & Comic Negro Vocalist, Hadfield, Sentimental & Comic Negro Vocalist
    Variety 28 January 1850 - 2 February 1850 Bristol, Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Hadfield, Sentimental & Comic Negro Vocalist, Lawrence, Sentimental & Comic Negro Vocalist

    Bibliographic Sources

    • University of Bristol, Kathleen Barker Collection. KB/4.