Barry Anthony

Murder, Mayhem and Music Hall (eBook, PDF)

The Dark Side of Victorian London

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The Strand is one of London's most iconic streets - today the bustling and thriving home of West End theatres and the luxurious Savoy hotel; in the Victorian era, the Strand was a much more seedy and destitute part of the city. Barry Anthony here explores the criminal and socially subversive behaviour which abounded in and around the Victorian Strand. He introduces us to a vast range of personalities - from prostitutes, confidence tricksters, vagrants and cadgers to the actors, comedians and music hall stars who trod the boards of the Strand's early theatres.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780857726827
• Artikelnr.: 55880079

Autorenporträt

Barry Anthony is a historian with a particular interest in the Victorian and Edwardian period who has written extensively about popular culture and entertainment. He is the author of Chaplin's Music Hall and The King's Jester: The Life of Dan Leno, Victorian Comic Genius (both I.B.Tauris) and co- author, with Richard Brown, of a groundbreaking study of the early British cinema, A Victorian Film Enterprise.

Inhaltsangabe

List of IllustrationsTimeline1. Where's Troy? 2. The Disappearance of Love3. The Dark Arches4. The Lord Chief Baron of the Coal Hole 5. Old Stock and Fancy Goods6. The Importance of Being Ernest...and Frederick7. Sam and Maud8. Kicking over the Traces9. A Peep into the Unknown10. Looking for Mugs in the Strand11. The Casebook of Maurice Moser12. Alias Jack the Ripper13. Crystals of Morphine14. An Adelphi Drama15. Madame St John16. The Backside of St Clement'sNotesBibliographyIndex