David Huxley

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The Red Letter at the Music Hall: Reviews from 1902-1914 (2021)Hardcover - 2021, 28 June 2022

The Red Letter at the Music Hall: Reviews from 1902-1914 (2021)
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Part of Series
Palgrave Studies in Comedy
Print Length
165 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Palgrave MacMillan
Date Published
28 Jun 2022
ISBN-10
3030840271
ISBN-13
9783030840273

Description

This book reprints and analyses reviews of music hall acts from the family magazine The Red Letter, which was published by the Scottish based firm D C Thomson from 1899 to 1987. The articles under review range in date from 1902 to 1914, covering theatres all over Britain and acts from around the world. The reviews are uniquely detailed and shed light not only on the early acts of comics who would later go on to achieve wider fame, such as Will Hay and Robb Wilton, but also reveal the acts of long forgotten performers. These so-called 'wines and spirits' acts-acts that would never top the bill but who nevertheless toured the halls, sometimes for years on end, such as female impersonator Albert Letine, comedy magician Chris van Bern and female stand up Anna Dorothy amongst many others-deserve to be remembered every bit as much as the top of the bill acts. The articles are arranged in sections, covering race, gender, character comedy, physical comedy, male comedy and specialty or 'spesh' acts. The reviews reveal not only the contents of the acts but also the audience reactions to those acts and prevailing contemporary Edwardian attitudes. The articles are accompanied by their original illustrations, some of which are unique and, like the articles themselves, unseen for over a century.

Product Details

Authors:
David HuxleyDavid James
Book Edition:
2021
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
NL
Date Published:
28 June 2022
Dimensions:
23.39 x 15.6 x 1.12 cm
ISBN-10:
3030840271
ISBN-13:
9783030840273
Language:
English
Location:
Cham
Pages:
165
Weight:
430.91 gm

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