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Latest revision as of 13:53, February 20, 2009
Music Hall is a type of British variety theatre, popular in the late Victorian era and Edwardian era. It can be compared to American vaudeville.
Popular performers included the young Stan Laurel, Fred Karno and Gracie Fields.
Music hall songs are noted for their intriguingly verbose titles - examples include:
- A Little Bit of Cucumber
- A Thing He Had Never Done Before
- Bang Went the Chance of a Lifetime
- Down the Road
- Every Little Movement
- The Future Mrs. 'Awkins
- If It Wasn't for the 'Ouses in Between
- I'm Henery the Eighth
- Little Bit Off the Top
- The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
- Oh! Mr Porter
- Our Lodger's Such a Nice Young Man
- The Swimming Master
- Two Lovely Black Eyes
- Waiting at the Church
- When I Take My Morning Promenade
- Young Men Taken in and Done For
Music hall as a theater form is now largely defunct, although its influence can still be seen in modern comedy, and many of its traditions live on in pantomime.