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Britain had talent : a history of variety theatre / Oliver Double.
Van Pelt Library PN1968.G7 D68 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Double, Oliver.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.)--Great Britain--History.
- Vaudeville--Great Britain--History.
- Vaudeville.
- History.
- Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.).
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- x, 278 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
- Summary:
- This work examines British variety theatre, providing a detailed history of this art form and analysing its performance dynamics and techniques. Encompassing singers, comedians, dancers, magicians, ventriloquists and diverse speciality acts, it draws on a series of new interviews with variety veterans.
- Contents:
- Part 1 History of Variety Performance
- 1 Britain's Got Talent 7
- 2 The Variety Bill 11
- 3 Music Hall Becomes Variety, 1890-1927 37
- 4 The Golden Age of Variety, 1928-52 51
- 5 Variety Falls Apart, 1953-65 69
- Part 2 Performance Dynamics
- 6 Personality 95
- 7 Participation 126
- 8 Skill 158
- 9 Novelty 178
- Part 3 Variety Performance Today
- 10 Variety Now 199.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-269) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0230284604
- 9780230284593
- 0230284590
- 9780230284609
- OCLC:
- 815360006
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