Princess' Concert Room

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Venue Type & Location

Concert Hall

Site Name: Princess' Concert Room
Location: London
County: London (city-county)
Location Type: Town - in town at determined location

Overview

  • Address: 55 Great Castle Street, Oxford Street (back of Princess’ Theatre). For a current map, Click Here.


  • Alternate Names: Weippert's


  • 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 Princess' Concert Room

    Troupe Troupe Type # of events
    Dempster Vocal Entertainment 1
    Ethiopian Delineators (Pelham's, 1847) Minstrel 4

    Events at Princess' Concert Room

    Event Date Venue Location Troupe
    Minstrel Show 16 December 1846 - 16 December 1846 London, London (city-county) Dempster
    Minstrel Show 9 November 1847 - 13 November 1847 London, London (city-county) Ethiopian Delineators (Pelham's, 1847)
    Minstrel Show 16 November 1847 - 20 November 1847 London, London (city-county) Ethiopian Delineators (Pelham's, 1847)
    Minstrel Show 23 November 1847 - 27 November 1847 London, London (city-county) Ethiopian Delineators (Pelham's, 1847)
    Minstrel Show 30 November 1847 - 4 December 1847 London, London (city-county) Ethiopian Delineators (Pelham's, 1847)

    Bibliographic Sources

    • Dictionary of Victorian London Online. 07/27/2008 (http://www.victorianlondon.org/)

      (Under Entertainment - Dancing - Weippert's)

    • Howard, Diana. London Theatres and Music Halls 1850-1950. London: The Library Association, 1970.

      p.186