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==Theatre==
  
www.peopleplayuk.org
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*[http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/theatre_performance/ The Website of the National Museum of Performing Arts]
  
The website of the National Museum of Performing Arts
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*[http://www.its-behind-you.com The Magic of Pantomime]
Covers Theatre, Pantomime, Musicals, Opera , Dance , Puppetry and Circus
 
  
www.its-behind-you.com for Pantomime.
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jassie/theatre/ Theatre-UK]
  
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*[http://www.hat-archive.com/database.htm Australian Theatre History 1850-1960] Includes a Database of 16,600 Names, Some of Whom were British Actors and Actresses Touring Australia.
  
'''Northern Music hall entrepreneurs'''
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*[http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/STA/index.html Scottish Theatre Archive]
  
http://pages.britishlibrary.net/mike...ew_page_11.htm
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*[http://www.nls.uk/playbills/ Playbills of the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh - National Library of Scotland]
  
Covers a range of topics, with many links, which include Moss Empire theatres, Barrasford Halls, the Stoll tour, and artists including Sir Harry Lauder & Old Mother Riley
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*[http://www.theatrehistory.com/index.html Theatre History ]
  
  
Music Hall
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==Music Hall==
  
http://www.amaranthdesign.ca/musichall/past/past.htm
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*[http://www.amaranthdesign.ca/musichall/past/past.htm The English Music Hall]
  
Harry Champion, Albert Chevalier, Gus Elen, Dan Lemo, Marie Lloyd, George Robey, Vesta Victoria
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Mother_Riley Old Mother Riley]
Song lyrics
 
  
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*[http://www.amaranthdesign.ca/musichall/past/lloyd.htm Marie Lloyd]
  
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*[http://www.youandyesterday.co.uk/articles/Tilley,_Vesta:_Vesta_was_a_striking_entertainer Vesta Tilley (article)]
  
'''Stars of the Music Hall'''
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*[http://www.bigginhill.co.uk/littletich.htm Little Tich]
  
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*[http://www.dumville.org/music_hall.html Mr T. E. Dunville]
  
Vesta Tilley – music hall star
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*[http://www.musicals101.com/musichall.htm History of British Music Hall]
biography, photographs/drawings, song titles (but not lyrics) her ancestry
 
  
  
http://www.casselden.webspace.unisonplus.net/
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==Actors, Dancers, Musicians, Filmmakers and Animators==
  
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*[http://www.mgthomas.co.uk/dancebands/IndexPages/Musicians-index.htm British Dance Band Music and Musicians]
  
Arthur Lucan (Old Mother Riley) – star of music hall, pantomime, films, radio.
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*[http://www.victorian-cinema.net/ Who's Who of Victorian Cinema]
Biography, stage career, family members
 
  
http://www.peterwilkinson.karoo.net/omr.htm
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*[http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/AncestorResearch.htm Theatrical Ancestors]
  
  
Marie Lloyd – music hall star
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http://www.peopleplayuk.org.uk/guide...tars/lloyd.php
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Back to [[Main Page]]
( also has links to other stars)
 
  
http://www.amaranthdesign.ca/musichall/past/lloyd.htm
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Back to [[General History]]
( also has links to other stars)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
www.fairground-heritage.org.uk/index.htm - history of the fairground
 
 
 
 
 
http://users.nwon.com/pauline/Travellers.html -
 
An index of some Showmen, Circus and Fairground Travellers 1861-1915 - also some newspaper clippings and photos
 
 
 
www.rtfhs.org.uk - The Romany and Traveller Family History Society
 
 
 
www.shef.ac.uk/nfa - The National Fairground Archive
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
'''Actors, Dancers, Musicians, Filmmakers and Animators'''
 
 
 
 
 
http://www.intute.ac.uk/artsandhuman...artistindex.pl
 
 
 
A directory of ACTORS, DANCERS, MUSICIANS, FILMMAKERS and ANIMATORS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
'''Scottish Theatre'''
 
 
 
 
 
http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/STA/index.html Scottish Theatre Archive
 
Scottish theatre archives
 
 
 
Playbills from The Theatre Royal in Edinburgh
 
http://www.nls.uk/playbills/ Playbills of the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh - National Library of Scotland
 
 
 
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jassie/theatre/ THEATRE-UK
 
 
 
 
 
http://www.applausesw.org/database/archive.htm Plymouth Library's theatre archives
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
http://www.mgthomas.co.uk/dancebands...ians-index.htm
 
 
 
British Dance Band music and musicians
 
 
 
 
 
[http://www.victorian-cinema.net/ Who's Who of Victorian Cinema]
 

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