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Representing the first attempt to compile a complete catalog of the entertainers who appeared on film in Great Britain from the invention of the cinema in the mid-1890s to the present, this innovative book covers more than 2,000 entertainers. Each entry gives the entertainer's specialty, a chronological listing of his/her films, and the titles of the songs sung, played, or danced to. Uniquely, the catalog lists appearances in shorts and especially series of shorts, such as Ace Cinemagazine, Eve's Film Review, and Pathe Pictorial, as well as other prewar series of cinemags. Newsreel performances are also included. Attempting to compile the first complete catalog of the entertainers who appear...
A three-act play about Archie Rice, a failing music hall performer.
Viennese popular culture at the turn of the twentieth century was the product of the city’s Jewish and non-Jewish residents alike. While these two communities interacted in a variety of ways to their mutual benefit, Jewish culture was also inevitably shaped by the city’s persistent bouts of antisemitism. This fascinating study explores how Jewish artists, performers, and impresarios reacted to prejudice, showing how they articulated identity through performative engagement rather than anchoring it in origin and descent. In this way, they attempted to transcend a racialized identity even as they indelibly inscribed their Jewish existence into the cultural history of the era.
This play about the life and work of a second-rate music hall comic (brilliantly created by Sir Laurence Olivier in the original production) and staged only eleven months after the opening of Look Back in Anger, secured John Osborne's reputation and has become a classic of 20th century drama.
For every person who has ever wanted to experience the thrill and excitement of being backstage with their favorite entertainer, Entertaining the Entertainers will make you feel like you are there. Backstage caterers chef Craig Ferris and his wife Sundy have worked backstage for more than a decade entertaining over 500 entertainers including pop-stars Jessica Simpson and Britney Spears, country artists Keith Urban, Brooks and Dunn, Shania Twain, song bird Mariah Carey, magician David Copperfield, heavy metal's Def Leppard, television legend Regis Philbin, comedians Jerry Seinfeld and Rob Bartlett and many others. Join Chef Craig and Sundy as they skillfully prepare feasts, comforts, and impromptu after-show parties for touring performers and their entourages and see what it is like to be Entertaining the Entertainers. "Enjoy this book for it is a celebration not only of food and performing, but of life itself." Rob Bartlett, writer, comedian, actor
An excellent book on parties and home entertainment, originally published in the 1920s. It contains many, many ideas for fun things to do at home, and is of still of much practical use today. Contents Include: The Art of Successful Entertaining - Planned Parties - Party Games - Puzzles and Paper Games - Indoor Pastimes - Fun for the Children - Simple Conjuring and Juggling - Amateur Theatricals - Community Songs - Simple Card Games - Auction and Contract Bridge - Billiards, Snooker and Bagatelle - Chess - Draughts - Music for All - Garden Games
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Encounter Between The Entertainer and ChatGPT Reveals Everything Entertainers Need To Know About Using Artificial Intelligence In The Entertainment Industry.
Examines the careers of the 100 greatest entertainers of all time.
From the Peter Neil Isaacs collection.