Difference between revisions of "Entertainment"

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www.peopleplayuk.org
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[www.peopleplayuk.org The website of the National Museum of Performing Arts]
  
The website of the National Museum of Performing Arts
 
Covers Theatre, Pantomime, Musicals, Opera , Dance , Puppetry and Circus
 
  
www.its-behind-you.com for Pantomime.
 
  
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[www.its-behind-you.com The magic of Pantomime]
  
'''Northern Music hall entrepreneurs'''
 
  
http://pages.britishlibrary.net/mike...ew_page_11.htm
 
  
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
 
  
  
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
 
Song lyrics
 
  
  
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Arthur Lucan (Old Mother Riley) – star of music hall, pantomime, films, radio.
 
Biography, stage career, family members
 
  
http://www.peterwilkinson.karoo.net/omr.htm
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[http://www.peterwilkinson.karoo.net/omr.htm Arthur Lucan/Old Mother Riley]
  
  
 
Marie Lloyd – music hall star
 
Marie Lloyd – music hall star
  
http://www.peopleplayuk.org.uk/guide...tars/lloyd.php
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[http://www.peopleplayuk.org.uk/guided_tours/music_hall_tour/music_hall_stars/lloyd.php People Play music hall stars]
 
( also has links to other stars)
 
( also has links to other stars)
  
http://www.amaranthdesign.ca/musichall/past/lloyd.htm
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[http://www.amaranthdesign.ca/musichall/past/lloyd.htm Marie Lloyd]
 
( also has links to other stars)
 
( also has links to other stars)
  
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www.fairground-heritage.org.uk/index.htm - history of the fairground
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[www.fairground-heritage.org.uk/index.htm -The Dingles Fairground Heritage Centre]
  
  
http://users.nwon.com/pauline/Travellers.html -
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[http://users.nwon.com/pauline/Travellers.html -An index of some Showmen, Circus and Fairground Travellers 1861-1915 - also some newspaper clippings and photos]
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
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[www.rtfhs.org.uk - The Romany and Traveller Family History Society]
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[www.shef.ac.uk/nfa - The National Fairground Archive]
  
  
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http://www.intute.ac.uk/artsandhuman...artistindex.pl
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[http://www.intute.ac.uk/artsandhumanities/cgi-bin/peopleindex.pl A directory of ACTORS, DANCERS, MUSICIANS, FILMMAKERS and ANIMATORS ]
  
A directory of ACTORS, DANCERS, MUSICIANS, FILMMAKERS and ANIMATORS
 
  
  
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http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/STA/index.html Scottish Theatre Archive
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[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
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[http://www.nls.uk/playbills/ Playbills of the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh - National Library of Scotland]
  
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[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jassie/theatre/ THEATRE-UK]
  
http://www.applausesw.org/database/archive.htm Plymouth Library's theatre archives
 
  
  
  
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[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
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[http://www.mgthomas.co.uk/dancebands/IndexPages/Musicians-index.htm British Dance Band music and musicians]
  
  
 
[http://www.victorian-cinema.net/ Who's Who of Victorian Cinema]
 
[http://www.victorian-cinema.net/ Who's Who of Victorian Cinema]

Revision as of 13:53, 7 April 2007


[www.peopleplayuk.org The website of the National Museum of Performing Arts]


[www.its-behind-you.com The magic of Pantomime]



Music Hall

The English music hall


Stars of the Music Hall


Vesta Tilley – music hall star biography, photographs/drawings, song titles (but not lyrics) her ancestry


http://www.casselden.webspace.unisonplus.net/


Arthur Lucan/Old Mother Riley


Marie Lloyd – music hall star

People Play music hall stars ( also has links to other stars)

Marie Lloyd ( also has links to other stars)




[www.fairground-heritage.org.uk/index.htm -The Dingles Fairground Heritage Centre]


-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


A directory of ACTORS, DANCERS, MUSICIANS, FILMMAKERS and ANIMATORS



Scottish Theatre


Scottish Theatre Archive

Playbills of the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh - National Library of Scotland

THEATRE-UK



Plymouth Library's theatre archives


British Dance Band music and musicians


Who's Who of Victorian Cinema