Concert party (entertainment)

A concert party, also called a Pierrot troupe, is the collective name for a group of entertainers, or Pierrots, popular in Britain during the first half of the 20th century. The variety show given by a Pierrot troupe was called a Pierrot show.[1][2]

Pierrot troupe at Scarborough, c. 1905

Concert parties were travelling shows of songs and comedy, often put on at the seaside and opening with a Pierrot number.[3]

  1. ^ "Papers relating to English concert parties and pierrot shows". Archives Hub. Archived from the original on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2011-08-07.
  2. ^ "Theatre: End of the pierrot show". The Independent. 14 April 1999. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
  3. ^ Jefferson Hunter (2010). English filming, English writing. Indiana University Press. p. 226. ISBN 978-0253004147.