Venue Type & Location
Tavern
Overview
Beth Marquis
Beth Marquis
Troupes at Royal Albert Saloon
Film | Affiliated people | Film Type | # of event(s) |
---|---|---|---|
Ethiopian Minstrels | Minstrel | Definite Ethiopian Minstrels | |
Holmes, J.B. | Holmes, J.B. | Minstrel | Definite Holmes, J.B. |
Nigger Nathan | Nathan, Nigger | Minstrel | Definite Nigger Nathan |
Events at Royal Albert Saloon
Event | Date | Venue Location | Film |
---|---|---|---|
Variety | - | London, London (city-county) | Nigger Nathan |
Dramatic | - | London, London (city-county) | Nigger Nathan |
Dramatic | - | London, London (city-county) | Ethiopian Minstrels |
Dramatic | - | London, London (city-county) | Nigger Nathan |
Dramatic | - | London, London (city-county) | Nigger Nathan |
Dramatic | - | London, London (city-county) | Nigger Nathan |
Variety | - | London, London (city-county) | Holmes, J.B. |
Bibliographic Sources
- London: The Library Association, 1970p.21 (under Bayswater Public House).
- (Under Entertainment - Gardens & Spas - Albert Saloon & Royal Standard Pleasure Gardens)
- Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2003pp55-58.
Notes that the venue was also called the “Royal Albert Saloon and Standard Tavern and Tea Gardens” (55), and gives some information about the performance space and typical fare.
- Public Record Office (now National Archives), Lord Chamberlain's Collection Police Report, N. Division, Sept. 20, 1844:
“Gentlemen, With reference to the Albert Saloon situate in Shephedess Walk in my Division, it s [?] by a number of low and disorderly characters, particularly boys from 12 -16 or 17 years of age, who are frequently employed in selling checks and orders for admission to the Saloon and make use of the most violent and blackguard language to the great annoyance of the respectable inhabitants about the place, all of whom complain and may state they cannot let their lodgings in consequence of the noise and disorder created by them. […]
Sixpence is charged for admission and one shilling to what [?] the stalls out of which sixpence worth of drink or other refreshment is given. - Hamden, Connecticut: Archon Books, 1981p89.