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This list of British music hall performers includes a related list of British Variety entertainers. ... Victoria Monks (1884–1927) [70] Lily Morris (1882–1952) [71]
Pages in category "Music hall performers" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 313 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Good Old Days (1953 to 1983) was a popular BBC television light entertainment programme recorded live at the Leeds City Varieties, which aimed to recreate an authentic atmosphere of the Victorian–Edwardian music hall with songs and sketches of the era performed by present-day performers in the style of the original artistes.
Jenny Hill c.1885. Jenny Hill (c. 1848 – 28 June 1896), born Elizabeth Jane Thompson, was an English music hall performer of the Victorian era known as "The Vital Spark" and "the Queen of the Halls".
A review in the Journal of Victorian Culture, by social and cultural historian of modern Britain Peter Bailey, found the book mainly retrod very well covered ground, in terms of the history of the music hall, and while a "very readable account for newcomers", its following of "blinkered orthodoxy of older accounts" and lack of references or a ...
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Harry Freeman (29 July 1858 – 30 July 1922) was an English music hall performer of the Victorian era and early twentieth century, and the first King Rat of the show business charity the Grand Order of Water Rats. [1] Among his popular songs were 'Leicester Square' and 'The Giddy little Girl said, "No!"'
Champion made his debut at the Royal Victoria Music Hall in Old Ford Road, Bethnal Green, in July 1882, as "Will Conray, comic". He appeared in minor music halls of London's East End, where he was described as a "comic, character vocalist, character comic and dancer". In 1883 he developed a blackface act in which he sang plantation songs. Local ...