Grace, Beauty and Banjos - Peculiar Lives and Strange Times of Music Hall and Variety Artistes (Paperback, New Ed)


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 his fellow 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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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 his fellow 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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Product Details

General

Imprint

Oberon Books Ltd

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Release date

2008

Availability

Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days

First published

April 2000

Authors

Dimensions

240 x 160 x 25mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback

Pages

320

Edition

New Ed

ISBN-13

978-1-84002-116-5

Barcode

9781840021165

Categories

LSN

1-84002-116-0



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