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Informationen zum Autor Paul Maloney in Publications Editor for Scottish Opera Klappentext 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 culture of performers and impresarios to the place of music hall in Scottish life. It explores issues of national identity in terms of Scottish audiences' responses to the promotion of imperial themes in songs and performing material, and in the version of Scottish identity projected by Lauder and other kilted acts at home and abroad. Zusammenfassung Music hall was the most dynamic and successful popular theatre genre of the 19th century. This text explores all aspects of the Scottish music hall industry! from the lives and professional culture of performers and impresarios to the place of music hall in Scottish life and national identity. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of IllustrationsGeneral editor's forewordAcknowledgements1. Introduction2. The development of music hall, 1850-18853. 'A time for amusement': the introduction of variety 1880-19144. Performers I: the Scottish 'pro's'5. Performers II: the music hall community in Glasgow6. Performers III: 'Deceitful Minnie Reeve': respectability and the profession7. Patriotism, empire and the Glasgow music hall8. The Scottish music hall and the public9. ConclusionAppendicesSelect bibliographyIndex
