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Grace, Beauty and Banjos Michael Kilgarriff

Grace, Beauty and Banjos By Michael Kilgarriff

Grace, Beauty and Banjos by Michael Kilgarriff


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A backstage look at music hall, variety and vaudeville, illustrated with the posters and the photographs of thetime.

Grace, Beauty and Banjos Summary

Grace, Beauty and Banjos: Peculiar Lives and Strange Times of Music Hall and Variety Artistes by Michael Kilgarriff

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.

About Michael Kilgarriff

Born in 1937 Brighton, Sussex; educated Xaverian College, Preston Park, Brighton. 1953-6 worked as junior clerk for Barclays Bank. Escaped to Argyle Theatre Birkenhead for first job as an actor. Then followed years of repertory (York, Windsor, Bristol, Old Vic etc etc) and television. In 1964 began appearing in Music Hall, also joined the BBC Drama Repertory Company, performing in many radio broadcasts. 1968 married the radio producer Sarah Greatorex; they have one child, the actress, Rebecca Kilgarriff. Recent television appearances: John Brown to Miriam Margolyes' Queen Victoria in Channel 4's Without Walls, and the social reformer Charles Booth in Tales from the Map-Room (BBC 2).

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GOR010793626
9781840021165
1840021160
Grace, Beauty and Banjos: Peculiar Lives and Strange Times of Music Hall and Variety Artistes by Michael Kilgarriff
Used - Like New
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
20080104
320
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The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins

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