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Anthony Binns
Anthony Binns
@anthonybinns.bsky.social
9 months ago
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Remembering #otd d.1896 aged 44, British actor & impresario Sir Augustus Harris, who introduced music hall artistes & panto to #DruryLane. Memorial Drinking Fountain in #CoventGarden
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Lena Friesen
Lena Friesen
@agincourtgirl.bsky.social
10 months ago
Dan Leno as Mother Goose at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in 1902.

Dan Leno as Mother Goose at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in 1902.

1893 programme for the Canterbury Theatre of Varieties (or Canterbury Music Hall). Situated on 143 Westminster Bridge Road, it became one of London's most famous music halls, established in 1849 by Charles Morton. There are illustrations of the hall with admission prices, the interior and featured star of the period.

1893 programme for the Canterbury Theatre of Varieties (or Canterbury Music Hall). Situated on 143 Westminster Bridge Road, it became one of London's most famous music halls, established in 1849 by Charles Morton. There are illustrations of the hall with admission prices, the interior and featured star of the period.

On Music Hall Variety Day here's an 1893 programme for the Canterbury Theatre of Varieties, one of Lambeth's famous music halls. Also Dan Leno performer & celebrated comedian who lived in Clapham shown here as 'Mother Goose' in 1902. @youngalison.bsky.social

#musichallvarietyday #danleno #lambeth

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