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Book Synopsis Scotland's Splendid Theatres by : Bruce Peter
Download or read book Scotland's Splendid Theatres written by Bruce Peter and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At their finest, Scotland's theatres and music halls were opulent pleasure palaces, whose designs enabled them to transport their patrons to worlds of fantasy. Others were rudimentary halls, ingeniously fashioned from old stables, farm buildings, or even industrial premises. From the first wooden booths of the Georgian era, through to modern structures, this is a study of the evolution of the theatre building in Scotland.
Book Synopsis Scotland and the Music Hall, 1850-1914 by : Paul Maloney
Download or read book Scotland and the Music Hall, 1850-1914 written by Paul Maloney and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2003-09-13 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While London dominated the wider British music hall in the 19th century, Glasgow, the Second City of the Empire, was the center of a vigorous Scottish performing culture, one developed in a Presbyterian society with a very different experience of industrial urbanization. It drew heavily on older fairground and traditional forms in developing its own brand of this new urban entertainment. The book explores all aspects of the Scottish music hall industry, from the lives and professional culture of performers and impresarios to the place of music hall in Scottish life. It also explores issues of national identity, both in terms of Scottish audiences' responses to the promotion of imperial themes in songs and performing material, and in the version of Scottish identity projected by Lauder and other kilted acts at home and abroad in America, Canada, Australia and throughout the English-speaking world.
Download or read book Form Follows Fun written by Bruce Peter and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Authoritative and readable, this excellent text, illustrated by a unique pictorial record of period architecture, surveys and examines how and why the architecture of pleasure related to the stylistic and ideological concerns of modernism in 1930s Britain. Responding to the current interest in modernism and packed with a substantial archive of high quality photographs and other documentation, it relates the professional, entrepreneurial and institutional infrastructures affecting the pleasure industry’s architectural development and appearance in 1930s. A broad range of building through which the general public first experienced Modernism are covered, including: commercial – holiday camps, cinemas and greyhound racing stadia municipal and governmental projects – zoos, seaside pavilions, concert halls, and imperial and international exhibitions. Arguing that the responses to modernism through the architecture of pleasure were conditioned by wider debates about the role of design in relation to high and mass culture, this book is an ideal resource for all those interested in architectural history and design in Britain between the wars.
Book Synopsis The Tailor of Inverness by : Matthew Zajac
Download or read book The Tailor of Inverness written by Matthew Zajac and published by Sandstone PressLtd. This book was released on 2013 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A story of journeys, of how a boy who grew up on a farm in Poland came to be a tailor in Inverness, by way of Soviet prison camps east of the Urals, Tehran, and Egypt.
Book Synopsis The Britannia Panopticon Music Hall and Cosmopolitan Entertainment Culture by : Paul Maloney
Download or read book The Britannia Panopticon Music Hall and Cosmopolitan Entertainment Culture written by Paul Maloney and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-10-13 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on Glasgow’s earliest surviving music hall, the Britannia, later the Panopticon, this book explores the role of one of the city’s most iconic cultural venues within the cosmopolitan entertainment market that emerged in British cities in the nineteenth century. Shedding light on the increasing diversity of commercial entertainment provided by such venues – offering everything from music hall, early cinema and amateur nights to waxworks, menageries and freak shows – this study also encompasses the model of community-based, working-class music hall which characterised the Panopticon’s later years, challenging narratives of the primacy of city centre variety. Providing a comprehensive analysis of this dynamic popular theatre of the industrial age, Maloney examines the role of the hall’s managers, marketing and promotional strategies, audiences, and performing genres from the hall’s opening in 1859 until final closure in 1938. The book also explores stage representations of Irish and Jewish immigrant communities present in surrounding city centre areas, demonstrating the Britannia’s diasporic links to other British cities and centres in North America, thus providing a multifaceted and pioneering account of this still extant Victorian music hall.
Book Synopsis Scotland and the First World War by : Gill Plain
Download or read book Scotland and the First World War written by Gill Plain and published by Bucknell University Press. This book was released on 2016-11-14 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What did war look like in the cultural imagination of 1914? Why did men in Scotland sign up to fight in unprecedented numbers? What were the martial myths shaping Scottish identity from the aftermath of Bannockburn to the close of the nineteenth century, and what did the Scottish soldiers of the First World War think they were fighting for? Scotland and the First World War: Myth, Memory and the Legacy of Bannockburn is a collection of new interdisciplinary essays interrogating the trans-historical myths of nation, belonging and martial identity that shaped Scotland’s encounter with the First World War. In a series of thematically linked essays, experts from the fields of literature, history and cultural studies examine how Scotland remembers war, and how remembering war has shaped Scotland.
Book Synopsis Insight Guides: Scotland by : Insight Guides
Download or read book Insight Guides: Scotland written by Insight Guides and published by Apa Publications (UK) Limited. This book was released on 2014-11-06 with total page 781 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scotland is a firm favorite with visitors from all over the world, thanks to its historic cities and majestic castles, misty mountains and dramatic lochs and glens. Although the weather may be chilly you can be assured of a warm welcome, good food and the restorative powers of a wee dram of whisky. Insight Guide Scotland is a comprehensive full-color guide to this beautiful country. The book is packed with stunning photography on every page that brings to life Scotland's wild landscape and creative people who over the centuries have contributed so much to science and culture. Our Best Of Scotland highlights the top attractions, such as the elegant city of Edinburgh, St Andrews, the home of golf, and Iona, the cradle of Christianity in Scotland. Our lively features on Scotland's history and culture provide an in-depth introduction to what makes the country unique. Detailed, high-quality maps throughout will help you plan your itinerary, while the travel tips give you all the essential information for organizing a memorable trip, such as transport, festivals, and outdoor activities, plus our selection of the best hotels and restaurants.
Book Synopsis Scotland Reclaimed by : Murray Ritchie
Download or read book Scotland Reclaimed written by Murray Ritchie and published by The Saltire Society. This book was released on 2000 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inside story of Scotland's first General Election - a record of events in public and behind the scenes as witnessed by Murray Ritchie, Scottish political editor of The Herald newspaper. A personal record provides a study of how rival politicians and parties campaigned to win over electors and to impress public opinion through the media. Political strategists resorted to the black arts, placing unprecedented pressure on newspapers, as they conducted the toughest campaign in Scottish history. An account of how politicians reacted before the cameras and in private to the peaks and troughs of a fascinating campaign.
Download or read book Scotland written by Josephine Buchanan and published by Langenscheidt Publishing Group. This book was released on 2005 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a comprehensive guide to travel in Scotland that includes historical information, places to visit, hotels, restaurants, shopping, and entertainment plus planning advice.
Download or read book Scotland written by David J. Whyte and published by Hunter Publishing, Inc. This book was released on 1998 with total page 880 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed for the independent traveller to Scotland, this guide covers all the popular places of interest, events and attractions, together with a factfile providing essential travel information. It offers advice on means of travel, route details, accommodation, eating out and sporting activities.
Book Synopsis Turned Out Nice Again by : Louis Barfe
Download or read book Turned Out Nice Again written by Louis Barfe and published by Atlantic Books. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a cast of thousands, including Peter Cook, Ken Dodd, Dusty Springfield, Spike Milligan, Rolf Harris, Bruce Forsyth, and Reeves and Mortimer, this book reveals a world of comedians and cavorters, dancing girls, and crooners. From the early days of vaudeville, via the golden age of radio, live television spectaculars, the rise of the chat show, and alternative comedy, Louis Barfe pulls back the curtain of variety to reveal the world of light entertainment in all its glory.
Book Synopsis Old Reminiscences of Glasgow and the West of Scotland by : Peter Mackenzie
Download or read book Old Reminiscences of Glasgow and the West of Scotland written by Peter Mackenzie and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Observations Made in a Journey Through the Western Counties of Scotland; in the Autumn of M.DCC.XCII. Relating to the Scenery, Antiquities, Customs, Manners, Population, Agriculture, Manufactures, Commerce, Political Condition, and Literature of These Parts. By Robert Heron by : Robert Heron
Download or read book Observations Made in a Journey Through the Western Counties of Scotland; in the Autumn of M.DCC.XCII. Relating to the Scenery, Antiquities, Customs, Manners, Population, Agriculture, Manufactures, Commerce, Political Condition, and Literature of These Parts. By Robert Heron written by Robert Heron and published by . This book was released on 1793 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Theatre and Performance in Contemporary Scotland by : Trish Reid
Download or read book Theatre and Performance in Contemporary Scotland written by Trish Reid and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Scotland's First National Theater by : Donald Mackenzie
Download or read book Scotland's First National Theater written by Donald Mackenzie and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Scottish Showbusiness by : Frank Bruce
Download or read book Scottish Showbusiness written by Frank Bruce and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of stars and stagehands, comedians and chorus girls, acrobats and agents, as popular live entertainment in Scotland is brought into the spotlight. This is the first comprehensive account of the Scottish music hall from the 19th century to the present day, taking in all its aspects - the shows, the performers and the business, with fascinating pictures throughout. These previously unpublished photographs, along with programmes, drawings and reminiscences, contribute to an enthralling and original survey of modern Scottish showbusiness.
Download or read book Chapman written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
