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Canterbury Hall and Theatre of Varieties, The

Synopsis
Charles Morton’s famous Canterbury Hall was a big song room - a hall attached to a tavern where eating and drinking customers were provided with a varied, mainly vocal entertainment. The music hall tradition was well established by the time the Canterbury came to prominence. What distinguished Morton’s hall from its predecessors was the single-minded ambition of its proprietor and the unusual size of the building itself. The Canterbury was a concert hall of some architectural pretension and the artistes retained there were of outstanding quality.
Series
Theatre in Focus, Series
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Multimedia; 44 slides. b&w & col.
Year of production
1982
Availability
Sale
Documentation
Accompanying 63-page monograph.
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
music hall; theatres

Credits

Writer
John Earl; John Stanton
Contributor
Richard Allen Cave

Production Company

Name

Chadwyck-Healey Ltd

Notes
Now known as ProQuest (3/04)

Sponsor

Name

Consortium for Drama & Media in Higher Education

Web
http://www.bufvc.ac.uk External site opens in new window
Phone
020 7393 1500
Fax
020 7393 1555
Address
c/o British Universities Film & Video Council
77 Wells Street
London W1T 3QJ

Distributor

Name

ProQuest Information and Learning

Email
marketing@chadwyck.co.uk
Web
http://www.proquest.co.uk/en-UK/default.shtml External site opens in new window
Phone
01223 215512
Fax
01223 215514
Address
UMI
The Quorum
Barnwell Road
Cambridge
CB5 8SW
Notes
formerly known as Chadwyck Healey

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