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Author Anthony, Barry

Title Chaplin's music hall : the Chaplins and their circle in the Limelight / Barry Anthony ; foreword by Michael Chaplin
Published London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 244 pages) : illustrations
Contents Overture -- The Road to Ruin'Dashing' Eva Lester -- The Californian GemLittle Lily Harley -- Original and RefinedKitty Fairdale -- The Crème de la Crème of Terpsichorean Serio-ComicsCharles Chaplin -- Descriptive SingerArthur West -- Topical and Extempore VocalistLeo Dryden -- The Kipling of the HallsWill Godwin -- Dramatic Sketch ArtistThe Eight Lancashire Lads -- Characteristic and Champion Clog DancersJessie Macnally -- The Dublin GirlCasey's Circus -- A Ragged BurlesqueFred Karno and his Colossal Combination of Comedians 13. The Great Calvero -- Master of Pantomime and Comic Songs
Summary Charlie Chaplin grew up in and around the music hall. His parents, aunt, and their friends all earned their precarious livings on the stage and Chaplin himself started his career as a member of the Eight Lancashire Lads dance troupe. His experiences of the culture of the music hall were a significant influence, shaping his style of acting and the films he made. Chaplin?s family and the circle of fellow performers whose life stories are told in this book were appearing at a time when music hall was in a state of transition, changing from an entertainment still reminiscent of its tavern-based origins to a complex, highly-financed industry seeking legitimacy with a far wider public. As venues grew larger, performers struggled to make connections with an increasingly remote audience
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-234) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977
SUBJECT Chaplin, Charlie -- Career in music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) cct
Chaplin, Charlie -- Family. cct
Chaplin family. cct
Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977 fast
Subject Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century
Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century
Social & cultural history.
PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference.
Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century.
Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century.
Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.)
England -- London
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Chaplin, Michael
ISBN 9781786723857
1786723859