LEADER 04095nam 22006011 450 001 9910963548503321 005 20170425120745.0 010 $a9780755694051 010 $a0755694058 010 $a9781786733856 010 $a1786733854 010 $a9781786723857 010 $a1786723859 024 7 $a10.5040/9780755694051 035 $a(CKB)3840000000340920 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5258643 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11508638 035 $a(OCoLC)1021883314 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09265451 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5258643 035 $a(UtOrBLW)BP9780755694051BC 035 $a(Perlego)883598 035 $a(EXLCZ)993840000000340920 100 $a20200605d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aChaplin's music hall $ethe Chaplins and their circle in the Limelight /$fBarry Anthony ; foreword by Michael Chaplin 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cI.B. Tauris,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (244 pages) $cillustrations 311 08$a9781780763149 311 08$a178076314X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [233]-234) and index. 327 $aFront Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Overture - Across the Bridge -- 2 'Dashing' Eva Lester - The Californian Gem -- 3 Little Lily Harley - Original and Refined -- 4 Kitty Fairdale - The Crème de la Crème of Terpsichorean Serio-Comics -- 5 Charles Chaplin - The Popular Metropolitan Comique -- 6 Arthur West - Topical and Extempore Vocalist -- 7 Leo Dryden - The Kipling of the Halls -- 8 Will Godwin - Doyen of Dramatic Sketch Artists -- 9 The Eight Lancashire Lads - Characteristic and Champion Clog Dancers -- 10 Jessie Macnally - The Dublin Girl -- 11 Casey's Circus - A Ragged Burlesque -- 12 Fred Karno and his Colossal Combination of Comedians -- 13 The Great Calvero - Master of Pantomime and Comic Songs -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. 330 8 $aCharlie Chaplin grew up in and around the music hall. His parents, aunt and their friends all earned their precarious livings on the stage and Chaplin himself started out his career touring music halls with a dance troupe. His experiences of the culture of the music hall were a major influence, shaping his style of acting and the films he made, most famously Limelight, which tells the story of a failing variety performer and which evoked painful memories of his own past. Chaplin was horrified to see how performers' lives were ruined when their audience turned against them and he was relieved to exchange the stresses of live performance for screen comedy. Barry Anthony here tells the story of the lives and careers of Chaplin's family and their music-hall circle - from 'dashing' Eva Lester to the great Fred Karno and from Chaplin's parents Hannah Hill and Charles Chaplin to 'The Great Calvero' himself. He reveals the difficult and often-tragic lives of London's variety community in the late-Victorian and Edwardian years, a time of great change in the music hall and entertainment scene, and in doing so sheds important new light on the inspiration behind Chaplin's genius, providing a fascinatingly fresh perspective on this popular cultural icon of the twentieth century. 606 $aMusic-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.)$zEngland$zLondon$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aMusic-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.)$zEngland$zLondon$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aSocial & cultural history$2BIC 615 0$aMusic-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.)$xHistory 615 0$aMusic-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.)$xHistory 615 7$aSocial & cultural history. 676 $a791.43028092 700 $aAnthony$b Barry$01795109 702 $aChaplin$b Michael 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910963548503321 996 $aChaplin's music hall$94336172 997 $aUNINA