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Grace, Beauty and Banjos

Peculiar Lives and Strange Times of Music Hall and Variety Artistes

Michael Kilgarriff

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English
Oberon Books Ltd
31 December 1999
Peculiar Lives and Strange Times of Music Hall and Variety Artistes.

What was the vulgar dressing-room practice of Jack Haig, Nutty but Nice, that so dismayed hisfellow artists? How did the mysterious Werth, Banana Skin and Stone Manipulator, display his art? What anatomical peculiarity was enjoyed, although never displayed, by Stanelli and his Hornchestra? Find out the answers to these and other fascinating conundrums in this saucy backstage look at music hall, variety and vaudeville, illustrated with the posters and photographs of the time.
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Imprint:   Oberon Books Ltd
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Height: 240mm,  Width: 160mm,  Spine: 25mm
Weight:   610g
ISBN:   9781840021165
ISBN 10:   1840021160
Pages:   320
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Born in 1937 Brighton, Sussex; educated Xaverian College, Preston Park, Brighton. 1953-6 worked as junior clerk for Barclays Bank. Escaped to Argyle Theatre Birkenhead for first job as an actor. Then followed years of repertory (York, Windsor, Bristol, Old Vic etc etc) and television. In 1964 began appearing in Music Hall, also joined the BBC Drama Repertory Company, performing in many radio broadcasts. 1968 married the radio producer Sarah Greatorex; they have one child, the actress, Rebecca Kilgarriff. Recent television appearances: John Brown to Miriam Margolyes' Queen Victoria in Channel 4's Without Walls, and the social reformer Charles Booth in Tales from the Map-Room (BBC 2).

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