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Music-Hall - Nostalgic Nonsense?

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

Were the stars of the music-hall really that good?
Daniel Farson , author of a new biography of Marie Lloyd , tries to show, with the aid of many original recordings, how magnificent the singers like Marie Lloyd , Vesta Tilley , Albert Chevalier and Hetty King really were.
Eye-witness accounts. Including those of SIR MAX BEERBOHM and SIR CHARLES TENNYSON , confirm this opinion.
Producer DEREK drescueb gramophone records

Contributors

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Daniel Farson
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Marie Lloyd
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Marie Lloyd
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Vesta Tilley
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Albert Chevalier
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Sir Max Beerbohm
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Sir Charles Tennyson
Producer:
Derek Drescueb
Source: Radio Times

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