Music Hall: The Business of Pleasure (Popular Music in Britain Series)

Edited By Peter Bailey. Companion Vol. To: Music Hall : Performance And Style / Edited By J.s. Bratton. 1986. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Frontmatter (page N/A) Editorial Preface (page vi) Notes on Contributors (page vii) Introduction: Making Sense of Music Hall (page viii) Chapter 1 Building the Halls (John Earl, page 1) Chapter 2 A Community of Friends: Business and Good Fellowship in London Music Hall Management, c. 1860-1885 (Peter Baily, page 33) Chapter 3 Provincial Music Hall: Promoters and Public in Leicester (Jeremy Crump, page 53) Chapter 4 The Composition of Music Hall Audiences 1850-1900 (Dagmar Hoher, page 73) Chapter 5 'Managers in a small way': The Professionalisation of Variety Artistes, 1860-1914 (Lois Rutherford, page 93) Chapter 6 'It was not what she said but the way she said it': The London County Council and the Music Halls (Susan Pennybacker, page 118) Chapter 7 Manchester Morality and London Capital: The Battle Over the Palace of Varieties (Chris Waters, page 141) Index (page 162) Music Hall( The Business of Pleasure) Paperback Bailey OpenUniversityPress