23 Facts About Music hall

Music hall is a type of British theatrical entertainment that was popular from the early Victorian era, beginning around 1850.

Music hall involved a mixture of popular songs, comedy, speciality acts, and variety entertainment.

Music hall entertainment continued after the war, but became less popular due to upcoming jazz, swing, and big-band dance music acts.

Establishment often regarded as the first true music hall was the Canterbury, 143 Westminster Bridge Road, Lambeth built by Charles Morton, afterwards dubbed "the Father of the Halls", on the site of a skittle alley next to his pub, the Canterbury Tavern.

The Music hall looked like most contemporary pub concert rooms, but its replacement in 1854 was of then unprecedented size.

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Construction of Weston's Music Hall, High Holborn, built up on the site of the Six Cans and Punch Bowl Tavern by the licensed victualler of the premises, Henry Weston, signalled that the West End was fruitful territory for the music hall.

Music hall sold the music hall to South Eastern Railway in 1862, and the site became Charing Cross railway station.

Music hall converted the restaurant into a second Gatti's music hall, known as "Gatti's-in-the-Road", in 1865.

Music hall opened it as another music hall, known as "Gatti's-in-The-Arches".

Music hall continued during the interwar period, no longer the single dominant form of popular entertainment in Britain.

Music hall is dying, and with it, a significant part of England.

Music hall was first imported into France in its British form in 1862, but under the French law protecting the state theatres, performers could not wear costumes or recite dialogue, something only allowed in theaters.

Music hall's first arrived in Paris in 1925 to perform in a show called La Revue Negre at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees.

Music hall's became an immediate success for her erotic dancing, and for appearing practically nude on stage.

Music hall persuaded her to sing despite her extreme nervousness.

Musical forms most associated with music hall evolved in part from traditional folk song and songs written for popular drama, becoming by the 1850s a distinct musical style.

Music hall songs needed to gain and hold the attention of an often jaded and unruly urban audience.

Music hall songs were often composed with their working class audiences in mind.

The most popular music hall songs became the basis for the pub songs of the typical Cockney "knees up".

Typical music hall comedian was a man or woman, usually dressed in character to suit the subject of the song, or sometimes attired in absurd and eccentric style.

Vocal content of the music hall bills, was, from the beginning, accompanied by many other kinds of act, some of them quite weird and wonderful.

Music hall has been evoked in many films, plays, TV series, and books.

The Music hall closed in the 1960s and currently forms part of a bookshop.