17th century
A01=Jim McDowell
Author_Jim McDowell
belfast
belfast music halls
belfast theatre
blefast empire
buildings
Category=ATD
Category=WQH
colosseum
early theatre
entertainment
eq_art-fashion-photography
eq_bestseller
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
gaiety
grand opera house
music hall
music halls
royal hippodrome
seventeeth century
theatre
Product details
- ISBN 9781845885700
- Weight: 300g
- Dimensions: 165 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 28 Feb 1977
- Publisher: The History Press Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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**The Belfast Empire, The Royal Hippodrome and the newly restored Grand Opera House, along with the one-variety theatres such as the Gaiety and Colosseum, are all familiar names to the citizens of Belfast, yet they are only the tip of the theatrical iceberg. **Long gone and buried deep are more buildings that offered regular entertainment to the populace.
Beyond the Footlights recalls the beginnings of music hall and theatre in the early seventeenth century until its final days in the mid-twentieth century. It traces the development of both, combining celebrity visits with the buildings, and placing both against a historical backdrop, accompanied by striking period sketches and illustrations.
