Entertainment

From the Family Tree Forum Reference Library


Theatre

The website of the National Museum of Performing Arts

The magic of Pantomime

Plymouth Library's theatre archives



Music Hall

The English music hall

Vesta Tilley – music hall star

Arthur Lucan/Old Mother Riley

People Play music hall stars

Marie Lloyd


Fairground/Showman/Travellers

The Dingles Fairground Heritage Centre

An index of some Showmen, Circus and Fairground Travellers 1861-1915 - also some newspaper clippings and photos

The Romany and Traveller Family History Society

The National Fairground Archive


Travellers/Gypsies/Showman


here are some sites which might help in looking for those elusive relatives

http://www.bbc.co.uk/kent/romany_roots/

http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/history/communities/gypsy-traveller.html

http://www.gypsy-traveller.org/contacts.htm

http://www.gypsy-traveller.org/history/

http://sca.lib.liv.ac.uk/collections/gypsy/intro.htm

http://www.shef.ac.uk/nfa/

http://www.journeyfolki.org.uk/

http://thegalloper.com/

http://www.btinternet.com/~radical/thefolkmag/gypsies.htm

http://website.lineone.net/~rtfhs/links.html

http://www.scottishgypsies.co.uk/

http://www.travellerstimes.org.uk/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/kent/voices/living.shtml

http://romany.rootschat.net/

http://users.nwon.com/pauline/Travellers.html

http://www.hants.gov.uk/rh/gypsy/index.html

Actors, Dancers, Musicians, Filmmakers and Animators

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

British Dance Band music and musicians

Who's Who of Victorian Cinema



Scottish Theatre

Scottish Theatre Archive

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

THEATRE-UK


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