My old man
Subtitle: a personal history of music hall
By: John Major
Publisher: HarperPress
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 363
ISBN-13: 9780007450138; 9780007511198
Subjects: Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.); Circus performers; Entertainers; Biography; History
Description: Music hall was one of the glories of Victorian England. Sentimental, vulgar, class-conscious, but always patriotic and on the side of the underdog, it held a mirror to the audiences hopes and fears, and sometimes the general absurdity of life.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.