A Hard Act to Follow: A Music Hall ReviewPeter Leslie makes a distinction between music hall, vaudeville, variety, bulesque and revue . His theme is that the true music hall reached its zenith soon after World War I and died with the Wall Street crash. --book jacket. |
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AUTHORS NOTE 78 | 7 |
CHAPTER ONE From Boiled Beef to Burleycue | 15 |
CHAPTER TWo A Little of What You Fancy | 36 |
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