Britain had talent : a history of variety theatre / Oliver Double.
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 vetera...
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| Language: | English |
| Published: | Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. |
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Table of Contents:
- Britain's got talent
- The variety bill
- Music hall becomes variety, 1890-1927
- The golden age of variety, 1928-52
- Variety falls apart, 1953-65
- Personality
- Participation
- Skill
- Novelty
- Variety now.