The Red letter at the music hall : reviews from 1902-1914 / David Huxley, David James.
Huxley, D. (David), 1950- author.; James, David, 1964 March 14- author.
2022
PN1968.G7
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Title The Red letter at the music hall : reviews from 1902-1914 / David Huxley, David James.
Author Huxley, D. (David), 1950- author.
ISBN 9783030840280 (electronic bk.)
303084028X (electronic bk.)
3030840271
9783030840273
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84028-0
Published Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2022]
Copyright ©2022
Language English
Description 1 online resource : illustrations (some color).
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-030-84028-0 doi
Call Number PN1968.G7
Dewey Decimal Classification 792.70941109041
Summary This book reprints and analyses reviews of music hall acts from the family magazine The Red Letter, which was published by the Scottish based firm D C Thomson from 1899 to 1987. The articles under review range in date from 1902 to 1914, covering theatres all over Britain and acts from around the world. The reviews are uniquely detailed and shed light not only on the early acts of comics who would later go on to achieve wider fame, such as Will Hay and Robb Wilton, but also reveal the acts of long forgotten performers. These so-called wines and spirits actsacts that would never top the bill but who nevertheless toured the halls, sometimes for years on end, such as female impersonator Albert Letine, comedy magician Chris van Bern and female stand up Anna Dorothy amongst many othersdeserve to be remembered every bit as much as the top of the bill acts. The articles are arranged in sections, covering race, gender, character comedy, physical comedy, male comedy and specialty or spesh acts. The reviews reveal not only the contents of the acts but also the audience reactions to those acts and prevailing contemporary Edwardian attitudes. The articles are accompanied by their original illustrations, some of which are unique and, like the articles themselves, unseen for over a century. David Huxley is Editor in Chief of The Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics. He was Senior Lecturer on the Film and Media course at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK, until 2018. He has written widely on popular culture, including comics, film and comedy. His most recent publication is Lone Heroes and the Myth of the American West in Comic Books 1945-1962 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018). David James is an independent researcher and Senior Lecturer on the Film and Media course at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. He has published on a variety of subjects, including sitcom, Chaplin and the Music Hall. His latest publication is Charlie Chaplins Red Letter Days: at Work with the Comic Genius (2017).
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description Description based on print version record.
Added Author James, David, 1964 March 14- author.
Series Palgrave studies in comedy.
Available in Other Form RED LETTER AT THE MUSIC HALL.
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Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Gender
Chapter 3. Race
Chapter 4. Character comedy
Chapter 5. Physical comedy
Chapter 6. Male Comedy
Chapter 7. Spesh acts
Chapter 8. Conclusion./ .

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