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Beer and opera; Victorian music halls.(Victorian music halls come alive)(Brief Article)
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August 11, 2001
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Victorian music halls outraged 19th-century moralists, but are exciting modern artists and impresarios
DESPITE all the drunkenness, obscenity and prostitution, the Victorian music hall realised the dream of today's cultural gurus. It achieved that elusive combination of mass appeal with a cutting edge, admitting no distinction between high and low culture. That partly explains why the few music halls that have survived are now attracting the attention of performers and conservationists.
At their zenith, there were hundreds of ...
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