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Newburgh Rooms, Cannon Place

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Venue Type & Location

Multi-use

Overview

  • Address: Cannon Place, Brighton. For a current map, Click Here.

  • Alternate Names: Newburgh Assembly Rooms.

  • Audience Composition: Although information about the general character of audiences at the Newburgh Rooms has not yet been discovered, it is known that the Duke of Devonshire attended at least one performance there during the period covered by this database (a concert by the Ethiopian Serenaders in 1848).

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

  • Typical Fare: In the 1840s and ‘50s, the Newburgh Rooms seem to have been used for all manner of entertainments, including vocal and instrumental concerts, displays of hypnotism & mesmerism, Shakespearean readings, exhibitions, and performances by variety performers (a la Tom Thumb). For a listing of blackface/minstrelsy-related events that took place in this performance space (with attached bibliographic references), follow the links at right.

    • Performance History

  • The building appears to be extant, but its current use has not been discovered.

    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 Newburgh Rooms, Cannon Place

    Film Affiliated people Film Type # of event(s)
    Allen, S (Bosjesmen Lecturer) Lecture Definite Allen, S (Bosjesmen Lecturer)
    Barker, George Vocal Entertainment Definite Barker, George
    Bosjesmans Exhibition Definite Bosjesmans
    Dumbolton's Serenaders (1848-49) Parker, Minstrel Definite Dumbolton's Serenaders (1848-49)
    Dumbolton's Serenaders (1848-49) Bryant, Minstrel Definite Dumbolton's Serenaders (1848-49)
    Dumbolton's Serenaders (1848-49) Wells, Minstrel Definite Dumbolton's Serenaders (1848-49)
    Dumbolton's Serenaders (1848-49) Stanwood, Moody Minstrel Definite Dumbolton's Serenaders (1848-49)
    Dumbolton's Serenaders (1848-49) Howard (minstrel), Minstrel Definite Dumbolton's Serenaders (1848-49)
    Dumbolton's Serenaders (1848-49) White, W. Minstrel Definite Dumbolton's Serenaders (1848-49)
    Dumbolton's Serenaders (1848-49) Dumbolton, James A. Minstrel Definite Dumbolton's Serenaders (1848-49)
    Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) Dumbolton, James A. Minstrel Definite Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
    Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) Pell, Gilbert W. Minstrel Definite Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
    Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) Stanwood, Moody Minstrel Definite Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
    Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) White, W. Minstrel Definite Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
    Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) Harrington, George Minstrel Definite Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
    Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48) Germon, Francis Minstrel Definite Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
    Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49) Briggs, T.F. Minstrel Definite Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
    Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49) Everton, J.H. Minstrel Definite Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
    Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49) Irwin, J.H. Minstrel Definite Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
    Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49) Juba, Minstrel Definite Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
    Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49) Ludlow, M.C. Minstrel Definite Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
    Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49) Pell, Gilbert W. Minstrel Definite Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
    Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49) Valintine, J.W. Minstrel Definite Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
    Ethiopian Serenaders (1850) De Brenner, Minstrel Definite Ethiopian Serenaders (1850)
    Ethiopian Serenaders (1850) Ludlow, M.C. Minstrel Definite Ethiopian Serenaders (1850)
    Ethiopian Serenaders (1850) Pell, Gilbert W. Minstrel Definite Ethiopian Serenaders (1850)
    Lantum Serenaders Marley, Minstrel Definite Lantum Serenaders
    Lantum Serenaders Dryce, Minstrel Definite Lantum Serenaders
    Lantum Serenaders Laurain, Minstrel Definite Lantum Serenaders
    Lantum Serenaders Stainer, Minstrel Definite Lantum Serenaders
    Lantum Serenaders Adwin, Minstrel Definite Lantum Serenaders
    Templeton, H. Templeton, H. Vocal Entertainment Definite Templeton, H.

    Events at Newburgh Rooms, Cannon Place

    Event Date Venue Location Film
    Minstrel Show - Brighton, Sussex Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
    Minstrel Show - Brighton, Sussex Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
    Exhibition - Brighton, Sussex Bosjesmans
    Exhibition - Brighton, Sussex Allen, S (Bosjesmen Lecturer)
    Minstrel Show - Brighton, Sussex Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
    Minstrel Show - Brighton, Sussex Ethiopian Serenaders (1846-48)
    Minstrel Show - Brighton, Sussex Lantum Serenaders
    Minstrel Show - Brighton, Sussex Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
    Minstrel Show - Brighton, Sussex Ethiopian Serenaders (1848-49)
    Minstrel Show - Brighton, Sussex Dumbolton's Serenaders (1848-49)
    Minstrel Show - Brighton, Sussex Templeton, H.
    Minstrel Show - Brighton, Sussex Ethiopian Serenaders (1850)
    Minstrel Show - Brighton, Sussex Ethiopian Serenaders (1850)
    Vocal Entertainment - Brighton, Sussex Barker, George

    Bibliographic Sources