Britain had talent : a history of variety theatre / Oliver Double.

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