CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.....i 1 – 1870: IT WAS NOT LIKE MISS HAMILTON'S NOSE.....3 2 – 1871: EACH CAT WAS PROVIDED WITH A SPITTOON.....9 3 – 1872: WHY SHOULD WE THRUST MORE TREATS UPON THEM?.....17 4 – 1873: THE BAND STOPPED THEIR SOMBRE PRISON MUSIC.....24 5 – 1874: A D-----M S-----, A B-----D T-----F, AND A B-----Y LIAR.....30 6 – 1875: FIVE MURDERS, SEVEN SUICIDES AND EIGHT GHOSTS.....44 7 – 1876: A GLASS OF STOUT IN HER BONNET.....58 8 – 1877: ENLARGED PHOTOGRAPHS OF LOVELY YOUNG MEN.....71 9 – 1878: A TARGET FOR FLORA'S ARROWS.....82 10 – 1879: DON'T CHOKE THE BALLET.....96 11 – 1880: THROWN WITH GREAT VIOLENCE INTO A CHINA SHOP.....107 INDEX.....115 ABOUT THE AUTHOR.....119
This is the third volume of extracts from the British theatrical newspaper "The Era", regarded as the "bible" of the theatrical and music hall world. Dealing with the years 1870 to 1880, it chronicles the hilarious, bizarre and occasionally tragic aspects of life on and off the stage. W.S. Gilbert is driven to distraction by an organ grinder, music halls are taken to task for promoting smutty songs, scene-stealing animals delight audiences and exasperate actors, a theatrical reporter is beaten up by the irate husband of an actress...and much, much more.
