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National Hall

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Venue Type & Location

Unknown

Overview

  • Address: High Holborn (in the proximity of #242). For a current map, Click Here. For an historical map showing the venue (in addition to the one excerpted at right), Click Here. (Scroll down to the 1900 Map, and look for 'Weston's'.)

  • Alternate Names: National School Rooms. Later purchased and turned into part of Weston’s Music Hall.

  • Performance Space Description: Information about this venue has not yet been compiled; however, some sense of the performance space may be gleaned by following the links at right. In particular:

  • See the 'Bibliographic Sources' link for a provisional list of venue-relevant resources (both primary and secondary). Wherever possible (i.e. when the pertinent text is relatively short and/or easily condensed) this material has been transcribed, and appears beneath the appropriate bibliographic citation.

  • See the 'Events at venue' link for a listing of blackface/minstrelsy-related events that took place in this performance space (with attached bibliographic references).

    Beth Marquis

    • Troupes at National Hall

    Film Affiliated people Film Type # of event(s)
    Cave, J.H. Cave, J.H. Minstrel Definite Cave, J.H.
    Lantum Serenaders Adwin, Minstrel Definite Lantum Serenaders
    Lantum Serenaders Stainer, Minstrel Definite Lantum Serenaders
    Lantum Serenaders Marley, Minstrel Definite Lantum Serenaders
    Lantum Serenaders Dryce, Minstrel Definite Lantum Serenaders
    Lantum Serenaders Laurain, Minstrel Definite Lantum Serenaders
    Roberts, T. (the "Ethiopian Delineator") Roberts, B. Minstrel Definite Roberts, T. (the "Ethiopian Delineator")

    Events at National Hall

    Event Date Venue Location Film
    Variety - London, London (city-county) Roberts, T. (the "Ethiopian Delineator")
    Concert - London, London (city-county) Lantum Serenaders
    Concert - London, London (city-county) Cave, J.H.

    Bibliographic Sources

    View a list of abbreviations.

    • London: The Library Association, 1970
      pp113-4.
    • Hamden, Connecticut: Archon Books, 1981
      pp.77-8 (under Holborn Empire).
    • (Some information under Holborn Empire)