Scotland and the Music Hall, 1850-1914

by Paul Maloney

Music hall reflected the lifestyles and preoccupations of working people in a way that only television in the modern era has done since. While London dominated the wider British music hall, Glasgow was the centre of a vigorous Scottish performing culture developed in a Presbyterian society with a very different experience of industrial urbanisation. This book explores all aspects of the Scottish music hall industry, from the lives and professional...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719061474
• ISBN13: 9780719061479
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.3"